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Two baby olive ridley sea turtles.
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Baby Sea Turtles in Jalisco, Mexico

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On Moorea, an island in French Polynesia, researchers are striving to complete a biocode—a DNA catalog of every life form big enough to pick up with tweezers.
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Scientists Catalog Life on the Island of Moorea

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A graph compares the crustacean biodiversity of coral reefs around the world.
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Coral Reef Biodiversity: A Comparison

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A large ship flushes water from its ballast tanks while at sea
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5 Invasive Species You Should Know

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Tiny "flakes" of marine snow.
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Marine Snow: A Staple of the Deep

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Nick Pyenson points to a skull and skeleton of a fossil whale.
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Excavating a "toothed" baleen whale from Vancouver Island

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

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

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Corals, sponges, and algae are the major components of most coral reef communities as shown in this picture.
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Corals and Coral Reefs

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Caribbean reef sharks swim over a coral reef in the Bahamas.
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Swimming With Sharks

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Two Southern Resident killer whales.
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There are More Whales out There Than We Thought

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Grey reef sharks are among the most versatile and tough predators on a Pacific coral reef, but they are also among the most vulnerable species, as they are threatened by wasteful fishing practices like shark finning.
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Where the Shark and the Snapper Roam

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