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During what is known as the Golden Age of Piracy, pirates reaped great rewards—and, if they were caught, faced terrible punishments. Here are some of the most legendary pirates of that time.
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Pirates of the Golden Age

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A puffin with a mouthful of fish.
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Watching for Fish in the Puffin's Beak

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Three dancers dependent on one another, as in the food web.
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Dancing for the Ocean

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A small Adélie penguin hops on a piece of ice.
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Adélie Penguin Jumping Out of the Water

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Alvin, a human occupied vehicle (HOV), returns to the ship after a dive.
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From Submarines to Robots: Exploring the Deep Ocean

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A 3-D reconstruction of the skull of a fin whale fetus.
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3-D Reconstruction Of Fin Whale Skull

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a satellite up above the Earth
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Observing the World’s Ocean from Space

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In the X-ray image of this Viper Moray Eel (Enchelynassa canina), note the second set of jaws in the “throat”; these are the gill arches, which are present in all fish.
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X-Ray Image of a Viper Moray Eel

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a heart in a petri dish
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Dispatches from the Gulf: Centers of Innovation

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a blue table top covered in many shells of different shapes and sizes
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Human Impacts and Extinction of Freshwater Snails

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An image of a squid radula from a scanning electron micrograph.
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Close-up of Giant Squid’s Radula

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Scientist Martha Nizinski holds a squat lobster (Eumunida picta) collected at the Lophelia reefs off Cape Lookout, North Carolina.    
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Squat Lobster from Reefs of North Carolina

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