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“I visited the beach at sunrise after high tide and found this skimmer feeding, providing me with this reflected shot.” -- Nature's Best photographer, James A. Galletto. Equipment Used to Capture the Shot: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III; 500mm lens; 1/1600 sec
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Black Skimmer, Nickerson Beach, Long Island, N.Y., USA

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Illustration of the common tern
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Great Tern

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Seabirds on a rocky outcrop.
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A Gathering of Seabirds and Seals

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A polar bear and its cub in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.
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Celebrating Marine Moms

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a graphic depicting the four species of puffins
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Know Your Puffins

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A group of macaroni penguins on rocks.
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Macaroni Penguins

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an illustration of two surf ducks
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Surf Duck

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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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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 elephant seal with a tracker
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Citizens of the High Seas

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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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If this chick had survived, it could have lived a long time: Laysan albatrosses are very long-lived birds. The oldest known wild bird is a 62-year old Laysan albatross named “Wisdom,” who still rears chicks on Midway Atoll.
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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem 9

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