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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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Amy Baco-Taylor
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Amy Baco-Taylor, Deep-Sea Coral Scientist

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Whalefish Specimen
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Mystery from the Deep: The Puzzling Case of the Whalefish

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A comic from illustrator Karen Romano Young.
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Antarctic Log 2.5

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A translucent arctic comb jelly.
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Arctic Comb Jelly

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A blenny fish against both a white and black backdrop, where you can see its beautiful color pattern.
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A New Fish DROP-ping In

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Map of sites participating in Ocean Sampling Day 2014.
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Ocean Sampling Day Sites

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A translucent hyperiid with pink pigmentation on its side.
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Leptocotis

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A beaked whale at the ocean's surface
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A Ship-Wary Beaked Whale

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When we use fossil fuels to power our cars, homes, and businesses, we put heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
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Tracking Ocean Acidification

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Three cleaning spray bottles
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Clean-up Your Act

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An image of collections storage at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
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Smithsonian Fish Collections

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