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A reef shark swims amongst corals.
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Happy Hearts Love Sharks

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Satellite view of Earth.
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A Different View of Earth

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Greenland Shark in cold water
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Greenland Shark

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Smithsonian scientists race the tide the excavate an ancient whale fossil entombed in rock
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Fossil Whale Found, Excavated, Jacketed, and Returned to STRI!

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a furry looking fish in blackwater
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The Hairy Goosefish

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Two bright blue mandarine fish mating
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Mating Mandarin Fish

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The tapetail is the larva of the family. It transforms into either a male (bignose) or female whalefish.
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Meet the Whalefish Family

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Pirate captain Bartholomew Roberts dressed in embroidered coats and hats with feathered plumes, like an elegant gentleman.
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Portrait of Bartholomew Roberts

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: A thicket of Lophelia pertusa, a widespread deep sea coral, shelters a squat lobster.
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Coral Thicket with Lobster

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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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The Island of Moorea

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an illustration of pufferfish species and their relatives
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Pufferfishes and Their Relatives

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