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A harp seal in icy water
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Harp Seal

Harp seals depend on seasonal ice during the breeding season. Their populations may...
A fur seal in kelp
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Fur Seal

 Warming climate, changing ocean chemistry, and overfishing threaten kelp forests...
A school of Atlantic bluefin tuna
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Atlantic Bluefin Tuna

 Endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna are caught in the wild and fattened in pens for...
A translucent pteropod swims freely in the open ocean with a black background.
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Shelled Pteropod

 Changes in ocean chemistry destroy the shelled pteropods that this “naked sea...
Phoenix Islands protected area
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Phoenix Islands

 Unlike most coral reefs, those of the Phoenix Islands are protected from pollution...
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...