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a part human, part horse, part fish on an early atlas
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Mythical Creatures on Maps

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Leftwich and her team have spent hours filming captive sea lions at Smithsonian’s National Zoo, trying to get clear video footage of the animals clapping so they can examine the way their flippers move from frame to frame. 
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Leftwich at the Zoo Observing Sea Lions

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A refugium tank at the St. Lucie County Aquarium. This tank acts as a safe space to grow corals before transferring them to a larger tank. You can see several staghorn coral colonies - it has a branching structure and the white tips indicate healthy, new g
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Tank at St. Lucie County Aquarium

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A bridge is flooded in Oklahoma after a hurricane
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Flooding Waters

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A Hawaiian Lure
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Hawaiian Lure

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Three types of squid tentacles and their suckers
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A Squid's Suckers

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A tiny yellow goby living inside an abandoned can on the seafloor; Suruga Bay, Japan
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Yellow Goby

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Ruth Meadows examines specimens as part of her Teacher at Sea experience. NOAA Teacher at Sea Ruth Meadows sorts specimens aboard the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow as part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge Ecosystem (MAR-ECO) project.
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Teacher at Sea Ruth Meadows

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an oyster reef at low tide
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Oysters as a Keystone Species in the Chesapeake Bay

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Kopelman Watercolor Detail
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Up Close and Personal with a Mangrove Root

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A plesiosaur and a diving bird
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Reptiles and Birds of the Mesozoic

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a loggerhead Sea Turtle
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Loggerhead Sea Turtle

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