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One of the smallest shearwaters in the Atlantic, Audubon's Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri) is about the size of an American Robin.
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Audubon's Shearwater

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The Eastern cleaner clingfish cleans parasites off of larger fish.
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The Eastern Cleaner Clingfish

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Guitarfish, rays, and other bycatch are tossed from a shrimp boat in La Paz, Mexico in 2006.
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Bycatch Raining Down From Above

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Lost nets become entangled on a coral reef in the NW Hawaiian Islands, doing damage for decades. Wave action on the net breaks pieces of coral off until the net breaks, when it is free to catch on new reefs and do more damage.
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Lost Nets Hurt Coral Reefs

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A translucent, female hyperiid surrounded by white young in a barrel-shaped body cavity.
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Phronima Female and Young

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Squalicorax shark fossil from the Smithsonian
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Squalicorax Shark Fossil

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A boat full of SCOPE drifters waits to release small, biodegradable buoys that will travel throughout the Gulf of Mexico and send GPS coordinates to researchers.
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SCOPE Buoys Help Track Oil

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This small drone helped scientists to follow a trail of pink dye tracking ocean movement below the surface of the water in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Following the Dye by Drone

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Lacy Crust Bryozoans
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Lacy Crust Bryozoan

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Sea squire illustrations from Ernst Haeckel.
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Sea Squirts

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Starfish—marine invertebrates of the phylum Echinodermata—are famous for their ability to shed limbs as a means of defense and then regenerate the sacrificed part.
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Haeckel Starfish

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A hawksbill sea turtle with a transmitter on its back.
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Satellite-Tagged Hawksbill Sea Turtle

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