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The coral reefs of Ujung Kulon National Park in Indonesia, a World Heritage site, are dominated by a small number of coral species and support some of the richest fish fauna in the Indonesian archipelago.
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Ujung Kulon National Park, Indonesia

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The High Coast in Sweden and the Kvarken Archipelago in Finland were inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2000. The High Coast and the 5,600 islands of the archipelago have been shaped by the combined processes of glaciation, glacial retreat, and the em
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High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago, Sweden & Finland

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Smithsonian scientists race the tide the excavate an ancient whale fossil entombed in rock
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Racing the Tide

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The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred on March 24, 1989 when an oil tanker grounded on a reef in Alaska’s Prince William Sound. It spilled almost 11 million gallons of crude oil, which reached 1,300 miles of coastline. The spill's remote location, accessib
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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

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Two of the worlds largest jellyfish, the lions mane jellyfish, float together.
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Extreme Jellyfish

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A male great hammerhead shark swims just below the surface of the water in the Bahamas at sunset.
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Hammerhead Shark at Sunset

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A scientific diagram containing photos and illustrations of the bones and teeth of fossil whales.
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Bones and Teeth of South America's Oldest Fossil Whales

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A crocodile sits in water at Sundarbans National Park in India.
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Sundarbans National Park, India

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An illustration of a recently discovered species of Monodontid, Bohaskaia monodontoides, and its beluga and narwhale relatives
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Illustration of a New Fossil Whale, Bohaskaia monodontoides

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The dwarf lantern shark sits in a human hand.
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Dwarf Lantern Shark

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A researcher holds a maritime archaic point made of ramah chert that was found at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada in 2011
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Ancient Maritime Archaic Indian Point

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a crochet radiolarian
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Crochet a Radiolarian

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