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A sea butterfly, or sea snail, swims in the open ocean.
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A Swimming Snail

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A decomposing sea star loses its grip on a rock.
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Sickly Starfish: A Q&A with Dr. Chris Mah

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Oil’s Impact on Marine Invertebrates

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A transparent amphipod looks a bit like a lobster, surrounded by white eggs.
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Amphipod: Salp Invader

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An albatross soars over the ocean.
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Is It Love? Why Some Ocean Animals (Sort Of) Mate For Life

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Aegina, a type of jellyfish, swims through the water.
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A Look at Life in the Deep Sea

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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In Search of the Giant Squid

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Amanda Feuerstein with a nesting olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea). Feuerstein is a co-author of a study that surveyed algae, crustaceans, mollusks, and other epibionts that live on the turtles in the Pacific Ocean.
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Searching for Life -- Epibionts -- On Sea Turtles

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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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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Just Jelly: ecological role of gelatinous zooplankton

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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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A woman standing in front of a barge
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Mary Rice: A Force of Nature

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