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three women in hard hats carry a core sample
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Career Spotlight- Marta Torres

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Two skulls belonging to extinct marine mammal herbivores used in the new study, both from the Smithsonian’s collections.
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Marine Mammal Herbivore Skulls

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A view of McMurdo Station with a frozen Ross Sea in the background.
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McMurdo Station

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Blue Dragon nudibranchs are very common to the southeast coast of Australia and have a few color variations. Juveniles are white with blue rhinophores, and adults vary from dark purple to lavender to golden brown.
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Serpent Pteraeolidia

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Screenshot from video with large kelp leaves floating in the ocean.
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A Kelp's Slime

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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WebQuest: Sensory Biology and the Plight of the Right Whales

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A pile of dissolving sea stars.
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Dead, Diseased Sea Stars

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a manatee and school of fish a the ocean's bottom
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Florida Manatee

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a ships sets a purse seine.
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Purse Seine

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a sea butterfly with leaf like wings
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If Leaves were Wings

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A raindrop falls into a surface oil slick treated with chemical dispersant.
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A Rain Drop On An Oil Slick

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A crab sits on a coral with a sponge covering its head
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A Sponge Crab's Updo

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