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This 1874 illustration of California gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) shows a group of individuals at the edge of their modern day range in the North Pacific Ocean, blocked from traveling further east into Arctic waters by thick ice barriers.
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In the Arctic, the Times, They Are a-Changin: You Can Pitch in to Understand How

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Rough periwinkles sit on a bed of barnacles.
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Spirals in Time: A Walk at the Seashore

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This male dancing fiddler crab (Uca terpsichores) has built a sand “hood” at the entrance to his burrow, which he hopes will attract females to his humble abode—as if that big beautiful claw of his weren't enough!
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The Design of a Beautiful Weapon

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A screenshot from the video showing a fiddler crab with a large claw.
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Claws Out: Fiddler Crabs Do Battle

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The Galapagos Islands site in Ecuador was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1978. Located in the equatorial Pacific Ocean nearly 1000 km from South America, the Galapagos Islands and the surrounding marine reserve are a unique "living museum and show
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Sally Lightfood Crab, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

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Vertebrates evolved in the sea and eventually moved onto land. The ancestors of whales later returned to the sea.
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Whales Returned to the Sea

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This family tree shows how the ancestors of whales moved gradually from land to sea.
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The Whale Family Tree

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Dr. Stephen Cairns, a Smithsonian research zoologist, studies deep-water corals.
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Dr. Stephen Cairns

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A close up profile of an adult anglerfish female from the Linophryne family collected in the northern region of the Gulf of Mexico. © 2016 DEEPEND/ Dante Fenolio
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Meet the Tiny Bacteria That Give Anglerfishes Their Spooky Glow

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Riftia tubeworm (Riftia pachyptila) colonies near hot spring.
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The Microbes That Keep Hydrothermal Vents Pumping

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A narwhal breaches the surface, its tusk pointed to the sky
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Why a Tusk? The real-life unicorns of the sea and the tusks that make them famous

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Kelps are large, brown algae that grow along coasts around the world, especially in cooler regions.
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With Every Breath You Take, Thank the Ocean

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