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Oil in the Ocean

In summer 2009, in the heart of New Orleans, a 600-foot tanker collided with a...

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Mangroves: Photos of Plants and Animals

Mangrove is the name for a tree—and also for a complex ecosystem—that bridges...

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How Mangroves Deal with Saltwater

Looking at a white mangrove (Avicennia marina) leaf cross-section under the...

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Tiny Crab in the Sargassum

The sargassum is coated with encrusting organisms, such as bryozoans and...

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Rivulus Fish

Rivulus fish live in bodies of water that sometimes become contaminated with...

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Mangrove Support System

Arching mangrove roots like these help keep trunks upright in the soft sediments at...

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The Mudflat Fiddler Crab

A male mudflat fiddler crab (Uca rapax) waves its huge claw to impress females and...

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A World Adrift: Life in the Sargassum Slideshow

Smithsonian Marine Science Network Postdoctoral Fellow, Seabird McKeon, returns...