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A screenshot from the video showing a school of swimming fish.
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Bite Size: Bull Shark Predation of Tarpon

Follow a journey with satellite tags placed on bull sharks and tarpon. Both of...
Wed, 12/16/2015 - 09:38
a whale's tale caught in fishing gear
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Whale Rescue

When a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale becomes entangled in...
Fri, 01/14/2011 - 10:50
an animated dolphin in an arm chair
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Don't Feed Wild Dolphins

A Twelve-Step group for wild animals with people-food addictions? Don’t be...
Wed, 11/24/2010 - 16:53
A screenshot from video showing three orcas swimming.
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Killer Whale: Orca

Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are master hunters, using speed, camouflage, and a...
Wed, 09/30/2009 - 11:20
Hawaiian monk seals are among the wildlife found within the Papahānaumokuākea World Heritage Site.
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Endangered Ocean Animals

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) was signed into law on December 28, 1973 by...
Mon, 12/02/2013 - 14:00
Spinner dolphins in a small inlet off the Kona coast, Hawaii.
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Spinner Dolphins

The dolphins in this picture are spinner dolphins, (Stenella longirostris) named...
Bottlenose dolphin pod
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Bottlenose Dolphin Pod

Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) are very social animals, and often travel...
A bottlenose dolphin carries a sponge, which it uses as a tool to dig up prey from the seafloor.
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Sponge-Wielding Bottlenose Dolphin

A female bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops sp.) carries a sponge, which it uses as a...
Dolphins swimming among oily patches in the Gulf of Mexico
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Dolphins Swim in Oily Waters

Striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) observed in emulsified oil on April 29,...
“I took this photograph of spinner dolphins in calm waters off the Ogasawara Islands, an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean about 600 miles south of Tokyo. When the sun briefly broke through the clouds, our shadow was mirrored in the water’s surface—an
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Spinner Dolphins Ogasawara Island, Tokyo, Japan

“I took this photograph of spinner dolphins in calm waters off the Ogasawara...

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