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A school of bluefin tuna
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The Great Pacific Migration of Bluefin Tuna

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Nine small invertebrates held on two fingers.
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On Biodiversity: Understanding its Meaning and Importance

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A woman sits on the beach reading a book.
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Summer Beach Reads

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As soon as Dampier set foot in Australia, he began making observations and collecting specimens of plants, which he carefully pressed between the pages of books to be studied by the “ingenious” and “curious” upon his return to England. As Dampier conducted his investigations, his artist made detailed sketches like these.
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Discoveries in Australia and New Guinea

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A photo of Oceana's ice class research vessel, the Hanse Explorer, on the Baltic Sea.
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Biodiversity in the Baltic Sea

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A sea sponge underwater
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Sea Sponges: Pharmacies of the Sea

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a man with a hard helmet in a cave
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Adaptation in the Extremes: What Scale Worms Teach Us About Evolution

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sloths sleep on a beach near penguins
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The Sloths that Once Swam in the Sea

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Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) live in the warm coastal waters of tropical and subtropical oceans. Adults sometimes eat sponges, salps (floating jelly-like animals), and jellyfish, but they feed mostly on plants, like seagrass and algae. The pigment f
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Meet the Seven Sea Turtle Species

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Home is where the hull is: Since the dawn of seafaring, humankind has had to deal with pesky creatures, such as barnacles, that “foul” ship hulls and boat propellers like this one.
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No Fouling Around

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The "Lower Invertebrates" exhibit in Smithsonian Institution Building in 1901 included models of a giant squid and an octopus.
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Still Blue After a Century of Ocean Science and Exploration

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The shell of a sea slug
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A Microscopic Identity Crisis

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