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a loggerhead Sea Turtle
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Loggerhead Sea Turtle

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A vaquita pops its head out of the water.
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Swimming Vaquita

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Two Catsharks with a black background
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Leopard Catsharks

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

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Of the eight million metric tons of plastic dumped in the ocean every year, much of it ends up on beaches like this one in Tanzania. But some companies are working to change that high statistic.
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Trash On a Tanzanian Beach

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Tardigrade Under the Microscope
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Psychedelic Tardigrade

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This rarely seen smalleyed rabbitfish, belongs to the order Chimaera. Chimaeras are related to sharks and are cartilaginous animals—they have no real bones.
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Chimaera from the Deep

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The Smithsonian Community Crochet Reef
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The Smithsonian Community Reef

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A crown-of-thorns starfish in the Marianas Islands.
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Mystery Photo: Prickly Puzzler on the Reef

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This is the cover of the book Dampier wrote about his first trip around the world.
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Book Cover for Dampier's Account of his First Trip Around the World

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Photograph of a green sea slug, with white polka-dot-like markings and white-edged ruffly structures along the length of its back.
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Lettuce Sea Slug

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A photo of a solitary European green crab on a sandy substrate.
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European Green Crab (Carcinus maenas)

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