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Screenshot from video with large kelp leaves floating in the ocean.
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A Kelp's Slime

Kelp provide a home for microbes to grow on—they're the reason kelp are so slimy....
Wed, 07/03/2019 - 15:55
A shark tooth embedded in a bone
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What the Megalodon Left Behind

The largest shark ever to exist on this planet, Carcharocles megalodon, could grow...
July 2018
Thumbnail of expert on Bobtail Squids.
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The Bobtail Squid

A bobtail squid expertly blends in with the light shining from the sea surface, but...
Tue, 02/13/2018 - 14:28
An oil drilling platform in oil-free water two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
overview

Gulf Oil Spill

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is recognized as the worst oil spill in U.S....
April 2018
Seagrasses are flowering plants that can form dense underwater meadows and are an important shallow water habitat.
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Seagrass and Seagrass Beds

Seagrasses are found in shallow salty and brackish waters in many parts of the...
April 2018
Smithsonian researchers eat a meal in preparation for a fossil excavation
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A Squalodontid Success

On a beach in Piña, Panama the tide is rolling out. Faint outlines of skeletal...
Wed, 06/22/2011 - 17:47
A group of students pick up trash along the coast of Guyana during the Ocean Conservancy's 2012 Coastal Cleanup.
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Picking Up Trash Along the Coast

A group of students pick up trash along the coast of Guyana during the Ocean...
Squalicorax shark fossil from the Smithsonian
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Squalicorax Shark Fossil

During the late Cretaceous period, Kansas was covered by a vast sea. There,...
The first known filter feeder is a large shrimp-like creature called Tamisiocaris borealis. The feather-like structures on its head were used to rake plankton from the sea.
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The First Filter Feeder

Today, filter feeders like clams, sponges, krill, baleen whales, fishes, and many...
Atmospheric carbon is captured by coastal mangroves, seagrasses and salt marshes at a rate five times faster than tropical forests.
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Blue Carbon

What is blue carbon? It's a term used to describe the carbon that is captured from...
Rusticles on the HMS Titanic cover the hanging stern.
Photo

Bacteria Live in the Titanic Wreck

The Titanic's sinking around 100 years ago created a new underwater habitat for...
dugong feeds on seagrass in the Red Sea
Photo

Dugong Feeding

Dugongs, along with manatees, make up a group of marine mammals called sirenians or...

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