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Researchers adopted the “yabbie pump,” the long silver tool shown here, from Australian fishing gear.
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Collecting Shallow-Water Specimens with the "Yabbie Pump"

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This halimeda crab’s disguise did not fool researchers in Moorea where it was collected.
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Halimeda Crab

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Photograph of a bristly brown and white worm, with one end pressed against a pale green coral.
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Fireworm Takes on Fire Coral

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This piece of pocillopora, or cauliflower coral, would normally have a rigid outer skeleton, but researchers dissolved it to expose the coral’s tissue and take a sample for DNA analysis.
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Cauliflower Coral - Pocillopora

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The North Atlantic right whale, Phoenix, lifts her tail up out of the water.
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Phoenix's Tail

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An early scale model of North Atlantic right whale Phoenix indicates the location of scars on her tail from entanglements with fishing gear.
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Phoenix: Tail Scarring

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A model marker applies paint to the life-size, meticulously detailed model of the North Atlantic right whale Phoenix.
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Painting the Model of Phoenix

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Phoenix’s mother, Stumpy (number 1004), was killed in a collision with a ship near Virginia in February 2004. She was pregnant with her sixth known calf.
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When Ships Strike

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Dinoflagellates are major producers of oxygen in the ocean (and freshwater). But some species can grow out of control, causing a red tide.
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Dinoflagellate

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Macroscopic Algae (Ventricaria ventricosa)
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Bubble Algae (Ventricaria ventricosa)

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A close up image of green macroscopic algae.
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Macroscopic Algae (Acetabularia crenulata)

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A beautiful bromeliad blooms among the mud and roots of a mangrove swamp.
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Dancing Bulb

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