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A close-up image of deep-sea fish Argyropelecus aculeatus
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15 Creatures in the Gulf of Mexico that are Stranger Than Fiction

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A sandy grey bird with orange and yellow bands stands on a rocky beach.
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Protecting Piping Plovers: How Conservationists Shield These Shorebirds From a Trio of Extinction Threats

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A deep sea crab (Rochinia crassa) poses with sea fan (Callogorgia spp.) and coral (Lophelia pertusa) on large carbonate boulder.
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Oil Invades Coral Communities of the Deep

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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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Migratory Seabirds: A Slideshow

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A thin layer of oil on the water's surface, reflecting rainbow colors
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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Milestones

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A shell placed in seawater with increased acidity slowly dissolves over 45 days.
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Ocean Acidification

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On average, Arctic sea ice has decreased by four percent per decade since the late 1970s.
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Sea Level Rise

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This aptly named fish has two long fangs.
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Creepy Critters: Marine Life Surfaces for Halloween

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Colorful fishes throng a reef in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
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Bizarre and Beautiful Coral Reef Animals

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“On an afternoon dive, I spotted a small group of sweetlips in the current among a shoal of juvenile convict blennies. It took me some time to get close to the fish without spooking them. I took several frames but this one was my favorite because of the
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Ocean Fish Pictures

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The Peninsula Valdes in Argentina was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1999. The site is home to important breeding populations of the endangered southern right whale (Eubalaena australis), southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), and southern sea
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Marine World Heritage Photo Gallery

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