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A nudibranch showing a closeup of their fleshy, tentacle-like growths, called cerata.
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How Sea Slugs Steal the Defenses of Their Prey

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A white crabeater seal resting on an iceberg.
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Life in the Field

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Photo of the head of a leafy seadragon
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Devoted Dads: From Seahorses to Sea Spiders

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Forams are tiny single-celled organisms.
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Trials and Tribulations with Contamination

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A coral head in the Mesoamerican Reef has both bleached and living coral. The white sections are bleached and the brown parts still contain zooxanthellae, the symbiotic algae that provide food to their coral hosts.
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Coral Under Pressure: Monitoring Bleaching In Real Time

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Horizontal bands of color represent different species of lichen that have adapted to the conditions at different heights above sea level.
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Seaside Lichens

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Hundreds of illustrated red crabs gathering on sand with Santa hats.
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Here Comes Santa Claws

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On coral reefs fish are important links in the food chain that sustains higher-order predators (including humans) and keeps everything in balance.
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Fish Get Risky Around Oil

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Two coral trout swim on a reef in Fiji.
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Having Your Fish and Eating Them Too

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A piece of the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef exhibit.
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When Art Meets Science: The Hyberbolic Crochet Coral Reef

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A harp seal in icy water
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Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses

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Two octopuses sitting underwater highlight the different textures the animals can take on.
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Octopuses and Squids

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