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A polar bear and its cub in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.
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Celebrating Marine Moms

 The ocean is home to many moms of all shapes and sizes: from charismatic polar...
Wed, 04/24/2013 - 17:29
Hundreds of birds congregate around the trawl fishing vessel. The orange "bird scaring lines" keep the birds from flying into the trawl cables where they can accidentally get caught and die.
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Bird scaring lines

 Hundreds of birds congregate around the trawl fishing vessel. The orange "bird...
A plastic bag floats at sea.
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Plastic Bag Bans Work

 There is a huge amount of plastic trash floating in the ocean, which endangers...
Magellanic penguins on the beach in Punta Tombo, Argentina
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Punta Tombo Penguins

 Every breeding season, some 400,000 Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus)...
Only 2,000 individuals of the endangered short-tailed albatross remain after the species was hunted for its feathers in the 1940s.
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Short-tailed Albatross

 In the 1940s the short-tailed albatross population plummeted from tens of millions...
One of the smallest shearwaters in the Atlantic, Audubon's Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri) is about the size of an American Robin.
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Audubon's Shearwater

 One of the smallest shearwaters in the Atlantic, Audubon's Shearwater (Puffinus...
Red Phalaropes have specialized in feeding in open water by spinning rapidly on the surface to create a small whirlpool, which draws plankton to the surface to eat.
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Red Pharalopes

 Red Phalaropes (Phalaropus fulicarius) are a type of sandpiper that have...