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After leaving Australia, Dampier and his men reached the western coast of New Guinea on New Year’s Day 1700. There Dampier observed birds that he had never seen before, like the “stately land-fowl” shown here.
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New Guinea Birds

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Hundreds of birds congregate around the trawl fishing vessel. The orange "bird scaring lines" keep the birds from flying into the trawl cables where they can accidentally get caught and die.
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Bird scaring lines

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Arctic Tern on the Inner Farne Island.
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Arctic Tern

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Magellanic penguins on the beach in Punta Tombo, Argentina
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Punta Tombo Penguins

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Un pescador se sienta en su bote y sostiene una captura de langosta fresca
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The Blue Halo - Barbuda y más allá

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An adult and juvenile killer whale frolic in the water.
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Menopausal Moms: A Mammal Mystery

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Only 2,000 individuals of the endangered short-tailed albatross remain after the species was hunted for its feathers in the 1940s.
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Short-tailed Albatross

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A puffin sits on a rock next to a puffin decoy.
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How the Puffin Returned to Eastern Egg Rock

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Midway Atoll, where these photos were taken, is more than 2,000 miles from the nearest land.
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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem

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An albatross soars over the ocean.
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Is It Love? Why Some Ocean Animals (Sort Of) Mate For Life

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Two Adélie penguins on Paulet Island, Antarctica
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Penguins

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Magellanic penguin parents typically lay two eggs under a bush or in a burrow, taking turns swimming out to sea to catch food for their chicks.
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Penguin Health Equals Ocean Health

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