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This portrait of William Dampier hangs in London’s National Gallery in recognition of his contribution to natural history.
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William Dampier - The Pirate Who Collected Plants

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a deep sea jellyfish
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The Deep Sea

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One of ten robots that examined an area of 800 cubic kilometers in northern Monterey Bay, over the course of 24 days, in 2006.
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Teams of Robots Can Help Us Build 3D Maps of the Ocean

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A sea toad from the deep waters off of Curacao.
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Collections from Curaçao

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A female napoleon wrasse swims by a reef
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An App Helps Scientists Combat Illegal Fish Trade

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Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative researchers collect samples from a Pensacola Beach with oil layers in the sand. They use genomics to track how the communities of microbes change as they digest different components of oil after a spill.
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Three Ways You Can Use Genomics to Study Oil Spill Impacts

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Deep-Sea Submersibles

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On Moorea, an island in French Polynesia, researchers are striving to complete a biocode—a DNA catalog of every life form big enough to pick up with tweezers.
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Scientists Catalog Life on the Island of Moorea

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A submersible explores the deep reefs off of Curacao in the Caribbean.
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DROP: The Deep Reef Observation Project

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Smithsonian researchers eat a meal in preparation for a fossil excavation
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A Squalodontid Success

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A researcher leans off of a boat to tag a great white shark.
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Collaborator Research

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