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Sea lions generate thrust, or forward propulsion, by bringing their fore-flippers together in big sweeping motions called “claps.”  When a sea lion “claps,” it stretches its flippers out to the sides and sweeps them down. Then it tucks its flippe
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How Do Sea Lions Swim?

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Brian Skerry takes an up close photo of a tiger shark on the seafloor.
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Patience is a Virtue

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A red and white colored bristle worm swims in the water column.
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Five Questions with Brigitte Ebbe, Polychaete Pundit

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Aerial image of Hurricane Bill
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The Ingredients for a Hurricane

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Musician Sam Lardner and friends created the 14-song CD Oceans Are Talking to inspire kids and adults to help save the ocean and the creatures living in it.
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Five Questions for Musician Sam Lardner

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Caribbean reef sharks swim over a coral reef in the Bahamas.
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Swimming With Sharks

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a woman with short black hair and a long necklace of pearls sits in front of a microscope and holds a small button coral
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Joan Murrell Owens and her Button Corals

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These Smithsonian field stations enable scientists worldwide to conduct long-term studies on mangrove ecosystems.
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Slideshow: Smithsonian Research Stations

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Alexis Temkin stands in marsh grass holding a reptile.
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Five Questions With Alexis Temkin, Searching For Links Between Deepwater Horizon & Human Health

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a man sits pondering with a tan ball cap on
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A Captain’s Journey to the Antarctic

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A shark tooth embedded in a bone
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What the Megalodon Left Behind

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A dive safety officer keeps a close eye on divers from the surface.
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Diving in the Middle of Nowhere

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