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A group of students pick up trash along the coast of Guyana during the Ocean Conservancy's 2012 Coastal Cleanup.

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Picking Up Trash Along the Coast

A group of students pick up trash along the coast of Guyana during the Ocean...

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Sparkling Sponge Spicules

These sparkling sponge spicules are microscopic needle-like structures that many...

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Pearly Razorfish

The pearly razorfish’s name may be slightly misleading since it is neither as...

Giant clams are one of the many wonders of coral reefs. They can grow up to five feet wide, weigh over 400 pounds, and live for 100 years!

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Restocking Giant Clams

Giant clams are one of the many wonders of coral reefs. They can grow up to five...

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...

The blue lined octopus can be deadly, so it is best to stay away.

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The Dangerous Blue Octopus

The blue-lined octopus may be small, growing to at most 15 cm, but it can be...

The mandarinfish lives in western Pacific tropical coral reef ecosystems and lacks the scales that are typically seen on bony fish.

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Mandarinfish Duo

These beautiful mandarinfish (Synchiropus splendidus) are covered in bright blue,...

It's a pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti), found in Indonesia's biodiverse Coral Triangle and one of the smallest seahorse species in the world! They can change colors like a chameleon to blend into their environment. This helps to protect them from p

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Can You Spot the Seahorse?

It's a pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti), found in Indonesia's biodiverse...

In some reefs, small fishes such as this broad-barred goby protect corals by eating invading seaweeds.

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Coral Goby Cleans Coral

One of the first signs of a sick coral reef is seaweed creeping across...

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Marine Debris: Trash Travels, But You Can Help Stop It

Marine debris--or trash that has washed or been dumped into our ocean and coastal...

a display case of red coral jewelry containing necklaces, earrings, bracelets, and rings

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Avoid Coral Jewelry

When you are shopping for gifts and jewelry, steer clear of gifts that use real...

Convict surgeonfish are the roaming sheep of the reef but, instead of noshing on grass, they feed on algae.

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Surgeonfish: Indicators of a Healthy Reef

Convict surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus) are the roaming sheep of the reef but,...

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Picking Up Trash Along the Coast

Sparkling Sponge Spicules

Pearly Razorfish

Restocking Giant Clams

The Porcelain Crab

The Dangerous Blue Octopus

Mandarinfish Duo

Can You Spot the Seahorse?

Coral Goby Cleans Coral

Marine Debris: Trash Travels, But You Can Help Stop It

Avoid Coral Jewelry

Surgeonfish: Indicators of a Healthy Reef

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