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Screenshot of opening slide for lecture "Efforts to Protect the Critically Endangered Monk Seal."
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Efforts to Protect the Critically Endangered Monk Seal

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Humpback whales spend their summers feeding in cold, food-filled Arctic and Antarctic waters before swimming to warmer waters for the winter.
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Humpback Whales Going After Herring

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The Sian Ka'an site in Mexico was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1987. The site's name means "Origin of the Sky" in Mayan and contains tropical forests, mangroves, and marshes, as well as a large marine area intersected by the Caribbean Barrier Re
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Sian Ka'an, Mexico

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A newly hatched leatherback turtle moves in the sand.
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Habitat for Leatherback Turtles

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Photo of a Hawaiian monk seal on the beach, with the ocean in the background.
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The Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal

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The currents of the North Pacific gyre collect trash—mostly bits of microscopic plastic—into what are known as "garbage patches."
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Ocean Trash Plaguing Our Sea

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Introduction to Coral Reefs

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Game of Life

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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I, Robot, Can Do That

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The grasses and animals living in marshes help to filter water and stabilize shorelines, along with providing habitat for a variety of mammals, fish, shellfish and amphibians and a haven for migratory waterfowl.
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How Hurricanes Shape Wetlands in Southern Louisiana

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