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Pirate captain Bartholomew Roberts in his finery.
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Captain Bartholomew Roberts

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Illustrations of fish and crab from New Guinea
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New Guinea Fish and Crab

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After leaving Australia, Dampier and his men reached the western coast of New Guinea on New Year’s Day 1700. There Dampier observed birds that he had never seen before, like the “stately land-fowl” shown here.
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New Guinea Birds

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Engraving of pirate Captain Henry Morgan
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Henry Morgan

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The tapetail is the larva of the family. It transforms into either a male (bignose) or female whalefish.
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Meet the Whalefish Family

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Detail of The Smithsonian Community Crochet Reef
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Detail of The Smithsonian Community Reef

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Photo Spread showing male fish with mouth full of eggs from Citizens of the Sea
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Devoted Dads: Photo Spread from Citizens of the Sea

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This photograph was snapped as Phoenix swam in the Gulf of Maine in July 2008.
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Phoenix near Maine

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When water conditions deteriorate, the rivulus fish can live temporarily out of water.
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Rivulus Fish

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Macroscopic Algae (Ventricaria ventricosa)
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Bubble Algae (Ventricaria ventricosa)

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Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative researchers collect samples from a Pensacola Beach with oil layers in the sand. They use genomics to track how the communities of microbes change as they digest different components of oil after a spill.
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Microbial Layers In the Sand

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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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Black Axil Chromis on a Coral Reef

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