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A tiny larval (baby) starfish.
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The Invisible Loss: The Impacts of Oil You Do Not See

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Madison Stewart, known to many simply as “shark girl,” is an inspiring young woman with a passion to protect the creatures most people fear: sharks. She’s been diving with sharks since the age of twelve. Here she is feeding a group of Caribbean reef
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Shark Girl: Changing Shark Fear to Fascination

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An oil drilling platform in oil-free water two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Gulf Oil Spill

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Walter Adey and the NMNH coral reef tank
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The Evolution of a Reef Aquarium

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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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Blue whale skull being installed at National Museum of Natural History.
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When Did Today’s Whales Get So Big?

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Brian Skerry takes an up close photo of a tiger shark on the seafloor.
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Patience is a Virtue

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a jellyfish in blackwater
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Nighttime Jelly

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A red and orange tomopterid with a black background.
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Tomopterid

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Submerged houses after Katrina
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Floods of Katrina

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A photo of plastic trash floating in the water, taken from below the surface.
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Witness to a Plastic Invasion

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