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The Komodo National Park site in Indonesia was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1991. The site hosts "Komodo dragons" (Varanus komodoensis), a unique species that exists nowhere else in the world and is of great interest to scientists studying evolu
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Tunicates—Not So Spineless Invertebrates

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A school of mahi mahi.
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From Larvae to Adults – Finding Impacts of an Oil Spill on Mahi-Mahi

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A coral has just spawned. Each of the hundreds of polyps releases a small pink bundle of sperm and eggs.
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A Tale of Sex and Stress in the Ocean

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On coral reefs fish are important links in the food chain that sustains higher-order predators (including humans) and keeps everything in balance.
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Fish Get Risky Around Oil

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A blue parrotfish hides among coral.
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Tough Teeth and Parrotfish Poop

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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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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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Three Killer whales (Orca) swim along side researchers.
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Listening for Clues About Sonar’s Effects on Marine Mammals

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An adult and juvenile killer whale frolic in the water.
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Menopausal Moms: A Mammal Mystery

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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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Small red hyperiid.
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The Hyper Eyes of Hyperiids: How Some Shrimp-Like Creatures See Light in the Deep Sea

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