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an elephant seal with a tracker
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Citizens of the High Seas

 In a world where land is partitioned into countries with defined borders, the ocean...
August 2019
Microscopic beach dweller in the sand.
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Organisms Beneath the Sand

 What’s lurking beneath your beach blanket? Even when a beach looks empty, the...
Wed, 06/07/2017 - 15:48
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
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)...
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...
Anemone porcelain crabs can avoid predators by not only living in anemones but by willing loosing appendages to avoid infection.
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The Porcelain Crab

 Anemone porcelain crabs may look delicate but they have their own sort of armor: a...