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The largest of the Atlantic shearwaters, Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris borealis) can often be spotted by its casual wingbeat and gliding flight.

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Cory's Shearwaters Bicker

August 2013

Like a typical jelly, the tentacles of Haliscera biglowi trail behind it as it moves, causing water flow to push small organisms into the path of the jelly’s deadly stinging grip.

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Stinging Grip

March 2016

Citizen Science Tracks Oil’s Path: When oil spills into seawater, it's hard to know where ocean currents will carry it. To map Gulf currents and improve predictions, scientists with GoMRI's GISR project are dropping biodegradable yellow driftcards throug

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Citizen Science With a Drift Card

January 2015

Seaside sparrow chicks beg for food from their nest

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A Nest of Begging Chicks

December 2014

Leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) are the largest sea turtles, growing as long as six and a half feet (2 m) and weighing some 2,000 pounds (900 kg). They’re unlike the other marine turtles in two important ways: they have a thick leathery carapa

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Leatherback Turtle

May 2013

Kemp’s ridley turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) are the smallest sea turtles, weighing only 100 lbs (45 kg). Adults spend most of their time in shallow coastal areas in places with mud, sand, or gravel bottoms—often in seagrass beds. They eat swimming crab

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Kemp's Ridley Turtle

May 2013

Students from Grady High School, part of the Georgia Aquarium Delegation, are researching the impacts of climate change on loggerhead sea turtles in the south Atlantic ocean.

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Georgia Aquarium Delegation

February 2011

Students are made to look like they are riding the back of a giant turtle in a doctored photo.

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North Carolina Delegation

February 2011

Students of the Alaska SeaLife Center delegation.

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Alaska SeaLife Center Delegation

February 2011

Dr. Valerie Paul, director of the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, Fla., examines tropical seaweeds on northwestern Guam’s coral reefs.

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Diving in Guam

January 2010

Scientists document a direct relationship between Arctic sea ice and polar bear survival.

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Forecast for Polar Bear Populations

March 2010

Powerful suckers stud the club at the end of the giant squid’s long feeding tentacle.

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Giant Squid Feeding Tentacle

January 2010