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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

With their brown and yellow markings, seaside sparrows (Ammodramus maritimus) blend in well with marshgrass.

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Beyond the Sea: How Oil Spills in the Ocean Affect Birds On Land

Smithsonian scientist who discovered new species in her laboratory

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Five Questions for Carole Baldwin

In 2011, storms and lack of ice-cover due to a warmer winter climate resulted in hundreds of seal pups being washed up on the shore of Prince Edward Island. Like many, this young seal faced an uncertain future. See more Nature's Best Photos.

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Ice-Loving Seals and the Loss of Sea Ice

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

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Scientists Discover Seven New Species of Fish

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

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Worth the Investment: Ocean Real Estate Reveals Hidden Diversity

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

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On the Trail of DNA in the Ocean

a hammerhead shark

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Shark Fin Genetics

two people in the water with mountains in the background

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Welcome to the Moorea Biocode Project

Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative researchers collect samples from a Pensacola Beach with oil layers in the sand. They use genomics to track how the communities of microbes change as they digest different components of oil after a spill.

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Three Ways You Can Use Genomics to Study Oil Spill Impacts