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On Moorea, an island in French Polynesia, researchers are striving to complete a biocode—a DNA catalog of every life form big enough to pick up with tweezers.
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Scientists Catalog Life on the Island of Moorea

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The Peninsula Valdes in Argentina was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1999. The site is home to important breeding populations of the endangered southern right whale (Eubalaena australis), southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), and southern sea
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Marine World Heritage Photo Gallery

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

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A screenshot from the video showing trash on a rocky beach.
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Trash on the Beach and in the Ocean

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A birds eye view of an estuary
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Estuary: a storm buffer

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Microscopic beach dweller in the sand.
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Organisms Beneath the Sand

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A screenshot from the video showing a fiddler crab with a large claw.
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Claws Out: Fiddler Crabs Do Battle

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A beach scene with groups of people walking in the water and playing with the sand.
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Summer Beach

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The sun sets over Sanur in Bali, Indonesia during low tide.
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Sunset in Bali, Indonesia

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A shining jingle shell on the sand.
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Jingle Shells

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Coral Sand
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Coral Sand Under a Microscope

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The sun sets over the Smithsonian’s marine field station at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize. For more than three decades, it has been home to the Smithsonian’s Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystem Program.
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Sunset at Carrie Bow Cay

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