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An adult leatherback turtle makes its way back to shore from the ocean.
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Female Leatherback Turtle Crawls From The Sea To Nest

"Leatherback turtles are the oldest, deepest-diving and widest-ranging of all sea...
Pelicans Roost at oil spill "ground zero" two years later.
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Pelicans Roost at Oil Spill "Ground Zero"

Two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, brown pelicans roost on a mangrove...
A shell placed in seawater with increased acidity slowly dissolves over 45 days.
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Shell Dissolves in Seawater

Over a 10-year period, NOAA scientists have collected 72,000 seawater samples, and...
Sarah Gotheil, from IUCN Global Marine Programme, snapped this photo in the course of her research into fragile species and ecosystems.
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Protecting Fragile Species

Sarah Gotheil, from IUCN Global Marine Programme, snapped this photo in the course...
The robotic arm of the ROV Quest finds life at an undersea vent.
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Studying Hydrothermal Vent Life

Census researchers manipulate the robotic arm of the remotely operated vehicle...
Flattened against a leaf, a tree frog blends right in with the mangroves.
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Tree Frog

Flattened against a leaf, a tree frog blends right in with the mangroves. More...
This is the most common songbird in the mangroves of the Caribbean’s Mangal Cay.
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Mangrove Yellow Warbler

Mangroves canopies support an amazing array of life—including this mangrove...
Mangrove roots provide support for filter-feeders like mussels, oysters, and barnacles.
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Mangrove Roots Flush with Life

Mangrove roots provide support for filter-feeders like sponges, mussels, oysters,...
Sea anemones, brittle stars, and sea urchins make a home on mangrove roots.
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Mangrove Roots Up Close

Dip your head below the water's surface in a mangrove forest and an entirely new...
A scorpian in a mangrove ecosystem.
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Scorpion in a Mangrove

A scorpion found in a mangrove. More about mangrove ecosystem can be found in our...
A thick stand of mangroves with tangled roots lines an island creek in Panama.
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Caribbean Mangroves

This creek lined with mangroves is located near the Smithsonian Institution’s...
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