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A side-view of translucent hyperiid with a black background.
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Cystisoma

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Every year, at the same place and time, thousands of female Kemp's ridley sea turtles come ashore to nest and lay their eggs on the beach. This mass nesting event is known as an arribada, meaning “arrival by sea” in Spanish.
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Kemp's Ridley Nesting "Arribada"

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 Scientist Martha Nizinski holds a specimen of a fan sponge (Phakellia sp.) collected at a deep-sea coral study site off the coast of South Carolina.    
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Fan Sponge

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The fins of the frogfish are perfect for creeping around in the algae and stalking unsuspecting prey.
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Frogfish Histrio histrio

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The West Norwegian Fjords's two fjords, among the world's longest and deepest, are considered archetypical fjord landscapes and among the most scenically outstanding anywhere.
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West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord, Norway

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A polar bear and its cub in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.
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Polar Bear Mother and Cub

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X-ray image of a longnose butterflyfish
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X-Ray Image of a Longnose Butterflyfish

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X-ray image of a slender snipe eel
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X-Ray Image of a Slender Snipe Eel

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A wave curls near the shore.
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The Importance of a Wave

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The Brazilian Atlantic Islands site was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2001. The rich waters of the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago and Rocas Atoll are extremely important for the breeding and feeding of tuna, shark, turtle, and marine mammals. Th
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Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves

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What is coral? The answer is coral is an animal. This cutaway diagram of a coral polyp shows the location of its photosynthetic algae, or zooxanthellae, which coral needs to survive.
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What Is Coral? A Coral Polyp and Zooxanthellae

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Male fiddler crabs, like this one collected on Moorea, wave their enlarged claw as way of signaling to other crabs, especially during mating season.
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Fiddler Crab

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