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a small spikey crab sits on a black background
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Tiny Crab Gains a Big Audience

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Bubbles of methane gas rise through a mussel bed in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Methane Bubbles Up From Seep

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Bright bubblegum coral sits on a brown, hard substrate.
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Optimism in the Deep Sea - Connecting Corals, Museums, and Ocean Managers

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Octocorals dominated the seafloor on Chris Mah's Okeanos mission to Johnston Atoll in the remote Pacific Ocean.
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Deep-sea octocorals: An ecosystem of their own

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The sea star Odontaster validus and sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri are often found living in association with one another along the Antarctic coastline, here during the Census of Marine Life.
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Sea Stars, Urchins, and Relatives

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Horizontal bands of color represent different species of lichen that have adapted to the conditions at different heights above sea level.
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Seaside Lichens

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A screenshot of some of Smithsonian's marine story windows in Google Earth
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What Lives in the Gulf of Mexico? Exploring Marine Collections on Google Earth

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A photo of an oyster cage, out of the water, covered in sea squirts.
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Alaska Vulnerable to Invasive Species from Warmer Waters

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Although in reality an ichthyosaur and plesiosaur would have likely never battled, this widely shared lithograph by artist, geologist and paleontologist Henry De la Beche even inspired author Jules Verne to pen a similar scene in his book, Journey to the C
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Unearthing History: Mary Anning's Hunt for Prehistoric Ocean Giants

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Hawaiian monk seals are among the wildlife found within the Papahānaumokuākea World Heritage Site.
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Endangered Ocean Animals

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the interior of an oyster shell with a pearl
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How Oysters Create the Ocean’s Gems

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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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