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Gulf Coast of Florida tidal flats exposed by an early morning low tide.
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Low Tide on the Gulf Coast

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Deep-sea dragonfish from Australia
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Census of Marine Life: Wild and Wonderful Creatures

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Earth as seen from a satellite.
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Earth as seen from a satellite

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Mangrove roots help to build the peat underlying mangrove islands and protect against erosion.
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Mangroves Protect Against Erosion

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Like a cake, the ocean has different layers—each with its own characteristics.
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Ocean Layers

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Ups and Downs

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The Encyclopedia of Life brings us another installment of the podcast, One Species at a Time. In this podcast, host Ari Daniel Shapiro relates two close calls with polar bears. Listen as Heather Cray recalls how, dumped by a storm on a small Arct
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Polar Bears: One Species at a Time

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Dr. Carole Baldwin is Curator of Fishes at the National Museum of Natural History.
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Dr. Carole Baldwin

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'Blue Marble' satellite image of the Earth
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'Blue Marble' Image of the Earth

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As a semi-enclosed sea, the Mediterranean is very sensitive to pollution.
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The Mediterranean Sea from Space

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Hot, Cold, Fresh, Salty

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10 grains of star shaped sand collected from southern Japan
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The Sant Ocean Hall: Life in the Sand Exhibit

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