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David Barouh displays fresh fish for sale at Seattle’s Pike Place Market
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Sustainable Fishing

Humans across the globe rely on the ocean as a main source of food. We enjoy fish...
April 2018
Fish swim in Cabo Pulmo Marine Reserve off the Baja California peninsula.
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How Laws Around the World Help Improve Ocean Health

Solving environmental problems often starts with small groups of people working to...
April 2018
This recently discovered hairy crab species (Kiwa hirsuta) has no eyes.
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The Census of Marine Life

Did you know that over 17,000 species thrive in the deep sea where no light...
April 2018
Hawaiian monk seals are among the wildlife found within the Papahānaumokuākea World Heritage Site.
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Backbone of Biodiversity at Risk

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) maintains the...
Thu, 10/28/2010 - 19:01
A photo of Oceana's ice class research vessel, the Hanse Explorer, on the Baltic Sea.
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Biodiversity in the Baltic Sea

In the spring of 2011, a research crew from Oceana spent two months in the...
Wed, 10/12/2011 - 16:56
Phoenix the right whale diving in North Atlantic.
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A Tale of a Right Whale

Suspended at the center of the Sant Ocean Hall is a life-size model of a North...
Wed, 09/30/2009 - 15:58
The siphonophores are an order of marine animals in the phylum Cnidaria (the same phylum containing jellyfish). 
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Prints from Ernst Haeckel

Tue, 06/02/2015 - 15:55
As soon as Dampier set foot in Australia, he began making observations and collecting specimens of plants, which he carefully pressed between the pages of books to be studied by the “ingenious” and “curious” upon his return to England. As Dampier conducted his investigations, his artist made detailed sketches like these.
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Discoveries in Australia and New Guinea

This slideshow features illustrations of some of the plants and animals that...
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 16:31
Illustration of a giant squid versus a merman.
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From Mermen to Architeuthis, Our Fascination with the Giant Squid

Humans have long been captivated by what we now call the giant squid...
Fri, 12/04/2009 - 12:28
Phoenix swimming with her calf.
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Baleen: From Whales to People

For being so big, right whales eat very small food, which they catch using baleen....
Tue, 12/08/2009 - 10:51
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