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Fossil mosasaur skull and partial skeleton sitting in what looks like the dirt it was excavated from.
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Fossil Mosasaur Skull

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an ammonite fossil with a carved snake head
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Snakestones

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Only 2,000 individuals of the endangered short-tailed albatross remain after the species was hunted for its feathers in the 1940s.
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Short-tailed Albatross

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A female adult anglerfish from the Linophryne family collected in the northern region of the Gulf of Mexico. © 2016 DEEPEND/ Dante Fenolio
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An adult female anglerfish from the Linophryne family

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Two small, translucent hyperiids with very large eyes.
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Paraphromina

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In 2005, scientists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) observed a deep-sea squid species (Gonatus onyx) that keeps close watch over her eggs.
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Squid Watching Over Eggs

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A rendering of an underwater marine scene from the Proterozoic Eon, featuring a creature that resembles a jellyfish and other organisms.
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Ediacaran Community, Proterozoic Eon (2,500 - 542 Million Years Ago)

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Smithsonian zoologist Dr. Steve Cairns named and described this deep-sea coral species, Stephanocyathus paliferus, now preserved at the National Museum of Natural History.
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Corals at the Smithsonian

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A polar bear lifting his head to smell the scent of humans nearby
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Polar Bear Impacted by Climate Change

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Lindsay Aylesworth is a PADI dive instructor, marine biology consultant and PhD student with Project Seahorse at the University of British Columbia. Lindsay has carried out monitoring and survey work in the tropical marine environment for ten years, starti
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Lindsay Aylesworth

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Seahorse couples (such as these Hippocampus histrix) greet each other every morning with a unique dance that sometimes involves changing color. The couple promenades and pirouettes together for several minutes before separating for the rest of the day. The
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Dancing Seahorse Pairs

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Two thorny seahorses sit back to back underwater.
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Seahorse Lovebirds

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