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A puffin with a mouthful of fish.
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Puffin with a Mouthful of Fish

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The grasses and animals living in marshes help to filter water and stabilize shorelines, along with providing habitat for a variety of mammals, fish, shellfish and amphibians and a haven for migratory waterfowl.
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Wetlands to the Horizon

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In 2011, storms and lack of ice-cover due to a warmer winter climate resulted in hundreds of seal pups being washed up on the shore of Prince Edward Island. Like many, this young seal faced an uncertain future. See more Nature's Best Photos.
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Harp Seal, Prince Edward Island National Park, Canada

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Brian Skerry sits on a 20 foot high underwater tripod to photograph the Aquarius Habitat off Florida.
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Photographing the Underwater Aquarius Habitat

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This male dancing fiddler crab (Uca terpsichores) has built a sand “hood” at the entrance to his burrow, which he hopes will attract females to his humble abode—as if that big beautiful claw of his weren't enough!
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The Dancing Fiddler Crab Shows Off

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An 'austral' or southern breeder, Great Shearwaters (Ardenna gravis) migrate from breeding islands far to the south in the Atlantic before traveling to the Northern Atlantic to feed.
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Great Shearwater in Flight

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Tiny bits and pieces of plastic can be found throughout the ocean, like these collected from the open ocean by net.
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Bits of Plastic Marine Debris

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A sunset over Boston Harbor.
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Sunset over Boston Harbor

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The ribbon worm seen here, Ramphogordius sanguineus, is known to regenerate after losing a part of its body.
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Regenerating Ribbon Worm

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Convict surgeonfish are the roaming sheep of the reef but, instead of noshing on grass, they feed on algae.
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Surgeonfish: Indicators of a Healthy Reef

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The ocean plays an important role in our everyday lives—whether you live near the coast or not.
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Round Wave, Maui, Hawaii, USA

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A Hawaiian petrel in flight
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Hawaiian Petrel

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