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Hawaiian monk seals are among the wildlife found within the Papahānaumokuākea World Heritage Site.
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Backbone of Biodiversity at Risk

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A marine iguana looks off in the distance.
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Marine Iguanas: One Species at a Time

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A sea turtle swims with its arms wide.
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Turtle in Flight

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Every year, at the same place and time, thousands of female Kemp's ridley sea turtles come ashore to nest and lay their eggs on the beach. This mass nesting event is known as an arribada, meaning “arrival by sea” in Spanish.
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Kemp's Ridley Nesting "Arribada"

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a group of ichthyosaurs swims at the ocean's surface
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Mystery of An Ichthyosaur Graveyard Revealed

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A juvenile Kemp's ridley sea turtle emerges from the nest
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Taking the Temperature of the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle

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Two killer whales.
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How Drones in the Sky Unlock Secrets of the Sea

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the skull of a mosasaur
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Meals of the Mighty Mosasaur

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Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) live in the warm coastal waters of tropical and subtropical oceans. Adults sometimes eat sponges, salps (floating jelly-like animals), and jellyfish, but they feed mostly on plants, like seagrass and algae. The pigment f
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Meet the Seven Sea Turtle Species

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the stomach contents of a mosasaur
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Stomach Contents

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A spectacled caiman patrols a salty pond at a Smithsonian research station in Panama.
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Spectacled Caiman

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Olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) are the smallest marine turtle, living in warm waters close to shore as adults. Female olive ridleys take part in mass nestings that can involve 150,000 individual turtles crawling up a beach at night to find a
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Olive Ridley Turtle

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