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A red Scypholanceola aestiva stares at the screen with large orange eyes.
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Scypholanceola aestiva

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Small red hyperiid.
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Lanceola

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A coral catshark
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Coral Catshark

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Magellanic penguins on the beach in Punta Tombo, Argentina
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Punta Tombo Penguins

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Pink dye was released by CARTHE researchers on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and its movement tracked using underwater sensors, two small drones, a helicopter and a kite.
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How Does Seawater Move?

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A live coral polyp with turquoise tissue and brown tentacles closes its mouth (the slit at the center of the radiating ribs) tight.
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Closed-Mouth Coral

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Illustration of copepods from Ernst Haeckel.
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Copepods

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Plastic does not biodegrade; it photodegrades, which means that sunlight breaks it down into smaller and smaller pieces. These bits of plastic and plankton were collected during a 3:00 am manta net tow, and are just a sample of the plankton-like plastic pi
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Plastic Bits from the Gyre

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Arctic Tern on the Inner Farne Island.
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Arctic Tern

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About a 300 foot long gill net found abandoned on a shallow reef in the surf zone on Oahu, Hawaii. The net had trapped parrotfish, wrasses, goatfish, surgeonfish, coral crabs, spiny lobsters, slipper lobsters and other fish that had decayed beyond identifi
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Discarded Gillnet Traps Fish

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Diagram showing gills on a crab absorbing nutrients
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Crab Gills Absorb Nutrients

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Red Pigfish and Blue Mao-Mao school at the edge of a cavern in New Zealand's Poor Knights Islands. Read photographer Brian Skerry's story behind this photo.
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Protected Pigfish and Mao-Mao School

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