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A diver collects water samples.
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Ocean Sampling Day – Taking the Pulse of the World’s Oceans

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This piece of pocillopora, or cauliflower coral, would normally have a rigid outer skeleton, but researchers dissolved it to expose the coral’s tissue and take a sample for DNA analysis.
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Cauliflower Coral - Pocillopora

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Seven of the newly discovered Starksia blennies, small fish with elongated bodies
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Scientists Discover Seven New Species of Fish

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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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The shell of a sea slug
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A Microscopic Identity Crisis

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Bright bubblegum coral sits on a brown, hard substrate.
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Optimism in the Deep Sea - Connecting Corals, Museums, and Ocean Managers

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A sea sponge underwater
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Sea Sponges: Pharmacies of the Sea

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Fish swim underwater amidst mangrove roots at Bocas del Toro, Panama.
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On the Trail of DNA in the Ocean

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Smithsonian scientist who discovered new species in her laboratory
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Five Questions for Carole Baldwin

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A "reef hotel" made of PVS layers on the seafloor.
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Worth the Investment: Ocean Real Estate Reveals Hidden Diversity

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"Barely a room onboard escaped being turned into a part of the sequencing laboratory," wrote Rob Edwards in a blog post about doing genomic sequencing at sea.
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Sequencing at Sea: Studying Small Things Using Big Equipment

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In 2011, storms and lack of ice-cover due to a warmer winter climate resulted in hundreds of seal pups being washed up on the shore of Prince Edward Island. Like many, this young seal faced an uncertain future. See more Nature's Best Photos.
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Ice-Loving Seals and the Loss of Sea Ice

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