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The Peninsula Valdes in Argentina was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1999. The site is home to important breeding populations of the endangered southern right whale (Eubalaena australis), southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), and southern sea
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Marine World Heritage Photo Gallery

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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A Tale of Deep Corals

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A Pontoh pygmy seahorse
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10 Things You Never Knew About Seahorses

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Keeping Watch on Coral Reefs

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Food Chain Hide and Seek

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Convict surgeonfish are the roaming sheep of the reef but, instead of noshing on grass, they feed on algae.
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Helpful Herbivores

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This queen parrotfish scrapes algae from Caribbean reefs with its parrot-like beak.
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From Despair to Repair: Protecting Parrotfish Can Help Bring Back Caribbean Coral Reefs

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On Moorea, an island in French Polynesia, researchers are striving to complete a biocode—a DNA catalog of every life form big enough to pick up with tweezers.
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Scientists Catalog Life on the Island of Moorea

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A bluefin trevally swims in Hawaii’s Maro Coral Reef, part of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
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Two Views of Coral Reefs: Thriving and Threatened

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Corals, sponges, and algae are the major components of most coral reef communities as shown in this picture.
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Corals and Coral Reefs

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stony corals among sea fans
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Ancient Reefs Reveal Glimpse at Future Oceans

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corals polyps open and spawning
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Corals from the Deep Thrive under Aquarists Care

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