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This close-up view of salps, which have aggregated together into a long chain, have brilliant red guts from eating red plankton.
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Close-up View of Salps

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Smithsonian scientist who discovered new species in her laboratory
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Smithsonian Scientist Discovers New Fish Species

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Sickness in the Sea: A Coral Plague Hits Florida

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The Mud and Blood Cruise

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A screenshot from the video of a carver using traditional tools to shape a canoe.
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Carver Douglas Chilton at Work

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Drugs From the Deep with Shirley Pomponi

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Screenshot from video of a diver swimming with an underwater camera.
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The Trouvadore: A Story of Deliverance

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The Smithsonian Marine Collections

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MarineGEO takes a closer look at how human-built marine structures, such as docks and pilings, are affecting ecosystem heath. This phenomenon, called marine urbanization, is poorly understood and becoming increasingly common along the world’s coastlines,
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Marine Urbanization

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Mah says of the spiny goniasterid sea stars, "They're very efficient and we've seen them devour the polyps inside primnoids kind of the way I just had my cookie." 
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Sea Stars Feed on Octocorals

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Fish on a Farm

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Gulfcast - A Treadmill for Mahi-Mahi

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