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Three distinct types of killer whale can be found in the Antarctic, each with a different habitat and diet preference.
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Orcas in the Antarctic

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Emperor penguins are the largest of the penguin species and can grow to be 100 pounds.
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Emperor Penguins on the Ice

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Every year as the sun disappears for the winter, the surface waters around Antarctica freeze into a slab of ice 10-feet thick, which effectively doubles the size of the continent.
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Antarctic Pack Ice

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The Ross Sea is a 1.9 million square mile (3.6 million square km) stretch of ocean off the coast of Antarctica.
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Map of the Ross Sea

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Bottlenose dolphin pod
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Bottlenose Dolphin Pod

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400 to 1,000 year old bones from an endangered seabird, the Hawaiian petrel. Bones such as these provide a window into the lives of seabirds before and after human arrival in the open ocean environments of the North Pacific.
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Petrel Bones Help Us Understand History

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Unlike the other six species of marine turtle, the Australian flatback (Natator depressus) has a very limited distribution, found only from northern Australia to Papua New Guinea/Indonesia and it only breeds in Australia. Flatback turtles tend to spend mos
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Flatback Sea Turtle

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A school of Hawaiian squirrelfish.
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A School of Hawaiian Squirrelfish

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Striped eel catfish are the only species of catfish found in coral reefs.
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Striped Eel Catfish

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Atmospheric carbon is captured by coastal mangroves, seagrasses and salt marshes at a rate five times faster than tropical forests.
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Blue Carbon

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Cardinalfish dads protect their eggs by gingerly carrying them in their mouths.
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Cardinalfish Dad with a Mouthful of Eggs

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Pelicans gather at the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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Pelicans Perch on Oil Booms

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