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How Coral Reefs Spawn

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Earth Optimism Summit - World Ocean Radio

Woman in bikini clinging to buoy to avoid monster shark attack.

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The Shallows Trailer

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Gulf Stream Perpetual Ocean

What We’re Reading 11/14

An estimated 5 tons of plastic are fed to albatross chicks each year at Midway Atoll.

November 2016

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Welcome to StreamCode

Video of a myxozoan (Myxobolus klamathellus) firing its stinging cell. Video credit: Myxozoan polar tubules display structural and functional variation, Parasites & Vectors.

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Myxozoan discharges stinging cell

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March 2010

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Cabo Pulmo - A Marine Reserve Threatened By Tourism

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America's First Offshore Wind Farm

Lionfish having a swimmingly good time.

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Lionfish Invasion in the Gulf

Magnified jellyfish stingers.

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Slow Motion Jellyfish Sting