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A screenshot from the video of a shark swimming underwater.

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Shark DNA Helps Catch Poachers

The ribbon worm seen here, Ramphogordius sanguineus, is known to regenerate after losing a part of its body.

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Ribbon Worm Redux

Spinner dolphins in a small inlet off the Kona coast, Hawaii.

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Solidifying the Dolphin Family Tree

Fish swim underwater amidst mangrove roots at Bocas del Toro, Panama.

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On the Trail of DNA in the Ocean

The shell of a sea slug

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A Microscopic Identity Crisis

A diver collects water samples.

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Ocean Sampling Day – Taking the Pulse of the World’s Oceans

Seven of the newly discovered Starksia blennies, small fish with elongated bodies

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Scientists Discover Seven New Species of Fish

Bright bubblegum coral sits on a brown, hard substrate.

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Optimism in the Deep Sea - Connecting Corals, Museums, and Ocean Managers

Tiny organisms found on ARMS

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From Field to Lab: How Carbon Seeps Provide a Chance to See Future Impacts of Ocean Acidification

A "reef hotel" made of PVS layers on the seafloor.

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Worth the Investment: Ocean Real Estate Reveals Hidden Diversity

Tiny bits and pieces of plastic can be found throughout the ocean, like these collected from the open ocean by net.

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The “Plastisphere:" A new marine ecosystem

A variety of organisms make their home on this tropical coral reef in Indonesia.

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Live from the Field: Bali, Indonesia