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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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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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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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Human activity is increasing in the Arctic marine environment due to climate change. To help the most vulnerable areas, the Global Marine Program of IUCN, along with partners, is convening a series of workshops aimed at enhancing ecosystem-based management and identifying biologically or ecologically important or vulnerable habitats. Burgerbukta, a bay in Svalbard, Norway, is being managed for ecosystem protection.
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The Sant Ocean Hall: Life at the Poles Exhibit

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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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A puffin with a mouthful of fish.
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Watching for Fish in the Puffin's Beak

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Wandering albatross soars over the ocean
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Saving Albatross Lives with Bird Scaring Lines

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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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An 'austral' or southern breeder, Great Shearwaters (Ardenna gravis) migrate from breeding islands far to the south in the Atlantic before traveling to the Northern Atlantic to feed.
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12,000 Miles to Go: Migrating with Shearwaters

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When Great Shearwaters are blown ashore by strong winds and storms, they have to be taken to a rehabilitation center before being released back to the ocean.
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Great Shearwater Release

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An albatross caught on a fishing line.
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Accidental Catch

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Two Adélie penguins on Paulet Island, Antarctica
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Penguins

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