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A squat lobster and blackbelly rosefish find shelter on a Lophelia pertusa coral reef off the southeastern United States.
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Deep-sea Corals

 It may be the last place you’d expect to find corals—up to 6,000 m (20,000 ft)...
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

 Coral reefs are the most diverse of all marine ecosystems. They teem with life,...
two mangrove trees in the crashing waves
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Mangroves

 Mangroves are survivors. With their roots submerged in water, mangrove trees thrive...
Coral scientist Dr. Amy Baco-Taylor observed corals like these on her first submarine dive to a deep-sea coral bed off the coast of Hawaii.
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Diversity of Deep-Sea Corals

 Sample the surprising diversity of deep-sea corals. See some of the ways they...
Wed, 06/08/2011 - 17:25
Smithsonian researchers eat a meal in preparation for a fossil excavation
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A Squalodontid Success

 On a beach in Piña, Panama the tide is rolling out. Faint outlines of skeletal...
Wed, 06/22/2011 - 17:47