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A mangrove tree crab clings to a leaf near a Smithsonian marine laboratory in Panama.
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Mangrove Tree Crab

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Members of the Tlingit Nation celebrate the opening of the Smithsonian’s Sant Ocean Hall.
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Celebrating in Washington

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With the sun in its beak, the canoe’s raven figurehead points the way.
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Canoe Figurehead

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The Greenland glacier Jakobshavn Isbrae is massive, at around 40 miles long and more than a mile thick.
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Jakobshavn Glacier

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Seagrasses are flowering plants that can form dense underwater meadows and are an important shallow water habitat.
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Seagrass Meadows as Food

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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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The elusive giant squid
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Giant Squid Caught Live On Screen

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Two scientists peer out into the ocean from inside the Curasub, a 5-person submersible
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Inside the Submarine

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A photo of a sea toad specimen.
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Sea Toad (Chaunax pictus)

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Close-up photograph looking into the gaping mouth of a golden brown sea lion, lying on the sand.
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Galapagos Sea Lion Yawning

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Like other cephalopods, the common cuttlefish (Sepia officials Linnaeus, 1758) possesses serious brain power.
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Common cuttlefish

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A screenshot of some of Smithsonian's marine story windows in Google Earth
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Smithsonian Marine Collections on Google Earth

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