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Photo of three sea creatures involved in a scientific mystery
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Three Mystery Fish

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This ivory sculpture from Point Barrow, Alaska, represents Kikámigo, a guardian spirit, holding a whale in each hand.
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Inupiat Guardian Spirit

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Tuna caught in the Indian Ocean show the huge scale of commercial fishing.
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Tuna Fishing

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The sun sets over the Smithsonian’s marine field station at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize. For more than three decades, it has been home to the Smithsonian’s Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystem Program.
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Sunset at Carrie Bow Cay

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In 1874 Reverend Moses Harvey of Newfoundland displayed the giant squid he bought on the side of his barn, much to the dismay of Mrs. Harvey.
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Rev. Harvey’s Giant Squid on Display

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This piece of pocillopora, or cauliflower coral, would normally have a rigid outer skeleton, but researchers dissolved it to expose the coral’s tissue and take a sample for DNA analysis.
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Cauliflower Coral - Pocillopora

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A school of bluefin tuna
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Pacific Bluefin Tuna School

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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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Horseshoe Crab in Stage Harbor, Massachusetts
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Horseshoe Crab in Massachusetts

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A C-130 Hercules from the Air Force Reserve Command deploys dispersant into the Gulf of Mexico May 5, 2010, as part of the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill response effort.
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Dispersant Deployed From The Air

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A manatee swims in Crystal River, Florida.
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Florida Manatee in a Fresh Water Spring

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Sound artist Halsey Burgund performs his composition Ocean Voices.
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Sound Artist Halsey Burgund

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