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Staci DeSchryver, Jason Moeller, and Caitlin Fine, during their time in NOAA’s Teacher at Sea Program
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Staci DeSchryver, Jason Moeller, and Caitlin Fine participants in NOAA’s Teacher at Sea Program

Staci DeSchryver, Jason Moeller, and Caitlin Fine, during their time in NOAA’s...
A school of yellowfin surgeonfish feed near dusk off Canton Island in the Phoenix Islands.
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Yellowfin Surgeonfish

A school of yellowfin surgeonfish, Acanthurus xanthopterus, feed near dusk off...
A Florida manatee swims through a channel into a freshwater spring late in the day.
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Florida Manatee

A Florida manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris, swims down a narrow channel into...
Students from Grady High School, part of the Georgia Aquarium Delegation, are researching the impacts of climate change on loggerhead sea turtles in the south Atlantic ocean.
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Georgia Aquarium Delegation

What can students do to help the ocean? It turns out, a lot! These students from...
Students from Veracruz, Mexico, are working with the Veracruz Aquarium and their local community to learn about the perception of climate change among the youth population in Veracruz.
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Veracruz Aquarium Delegation

What can students do to help the ocean? It turns out, a lot! These students from...
The arrows show the direction of ocean currents recorded by William Dampier while crossing “La Grande Mer du Sud”—the Pacific Ocean.
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Pacific Ocean Currents

The arrows show the direction of ocean currents recorded by William Dampier while...
A privateer was a seaman with a license from his country's government to attack enemy ships. The government usually got a share of the profits.
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Privateer definition

A privateer was a seaman with a license from his country's government to attack...
Dr. Mahmood Shivji uses DNA techniques to identify shark fins confiscated from fishermen
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FORENSIC FINS: Using DNA to Prosecute Shark Poachers

It's illegal to hunt threatened species such as the Dusky shark, but still tens of...
Each year, thousands of local teachers join us for Smithsonian Teachers’ Night.
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Teacher's Night Logo

Each year, thousands of local teachers join us for Smithsonian Teachers’ Night....
Caribbean reef sharks swim over a coral reef in the Bahamas.
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Caribbean Reef Shark

Several Caribbean reef sharks swim over a coral reef in the Bahamas in this image...
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