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A spiraled diatom with spines.
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The Ocean Under the Microscope: Images from Nikon Small World

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After ocean scientists sort deep-sea coral samples into their different types, they measure and photograph the specimens.
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Studying Deep-Sea Corals

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Smithsonian researchers eat a meal in preparation for a fossil excavation
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A Squalodontid Success

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Students of the Alaska SeaLife Center delegation.
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Teens Take Action on the Ocean & Climate

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Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) live in the warm coastal waters of tropical and subtropical oceans. Adults sometimes eat sponges, salps (floating jelly-like animals), and jellyfish, but they feed mostly on plants, like seagrass and algae. The pigment f
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Meet the Seven Sea Turtle Species

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Illustration of Robotic Glider Evading Fishing Nets
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Robotic Ocean Explorer

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Hawaiian monk seals are among the wildlife found within the Papahānaumokuākea World Heritage Site.
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Endangered Ocean Animals

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an illustration of two gannets
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Seabirds of America

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Mangrove roots provide an underwater habitat for many marine species.
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Mangroves: Photos of Plants and Animals

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Mark Dodd, a wildlife biologist from Georgia's Department of Natural Resources, surveying oiled sargassum seaweed in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.
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The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Two Years Later

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Midway Atoll, where these photos were taken, is more than 2,000 miles from the nearest land.
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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem

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Forams are tiny single-celled organisms.
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Foraminifera

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