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Twin-spot snappers are curious top predators on Pacific coral reefs, eating a variety of fishes, shrimps, crabs, and snails among others, and are usually around 2.5 feet long.
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Curious Bohar

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Ancient sea cow vertebra found in the Gatun Formation in Central America, Panama
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Ancient Sea Cow Vertebra

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Hawaiian monk seals are among the wildlife found within the Papahānaumokuākea World Heritage Site.
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Hawaiian Monk Seal

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This 1874 illustration of California gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) shows a group of individuals at the edge of their modern day range in the North Pacific Ocean, blocked from traveling further east into Arctic waters by thick ice barriers.
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California Grays Among the Ice

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A longshoreman standing in front of a large pile of oyster shells on waterfront pier in Atlantic City in 1910.
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Counting Mountains of Oysters

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Crown of Thorns Starfish in the Marianas Islands
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Crown of Thorns Starfish

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The Ross Sea is a 1.9 million square mile (3.6 million square km) stretch of ocean off the coast of Antarctica.
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Map of the Ross Sea

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Follow the Fingerprint: There are many sources of oil in the Gulf of Mexico, including natural deep-sea oil seeps, small spills from ships, and oil from roads that washes into the sea—not to mention big oil spills like Deepwater Horizon. How do GoMRI res
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Layers of Weathered Oil

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A Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) poses in the waters off Acadia National Park in Maine. 
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Grey Seal Strikes a Pose

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An underwater photo of coral recovering from a bleaching event.
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Resilient Coral

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A bloom of moon jellies.
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A Bloom of Moon Jellies

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Satellite view of Earth.
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A Different View of Earth

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