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Connecting Coral Reefs

Coral reefs are some of the most endangered ecosystems on the planet that are home...

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The Last Wild Places In the Ocean Webcast

The ocean is not as natural as it once was. Where there used to be large predators...

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Sea Creatures from the Deep: A Video by National Geographic and the Census of Marine Life

The Census of Marine Life - a ten-year effort by scientists from...

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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...

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Seagrass and Seagrass Beds

Seagrasses are found in shallow salty and brackish waters in many parts of the...

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Backbone of Biodiversity at Risk

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) maintains the...

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Building a Database

Expedition data went to the Arctic Ocean Diversity database of...

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Arctic Sea Cucumber

This species of deep-water sea cucumber (Elpidia belyaevi) was discovered by Census...

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Protecting Fragile Species

Sarah Gotheil, from IUCN Global Marine Programme, snapped this photo in the course...

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Studying Hydrothermal Vent Life

Census researchers manipulate the robotic arm of the remotely operated vehicle...

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Transparent Sea Cucumber

Census of Marine Life researchers discovered this unusual transparent sea cucumber...

Lesson Plan

How Diverse is That?

Students discuss the meaning of biological diversity. Students will compare and...