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a phytoplankton in a swirl
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Phytoplankton

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Photo of a mountain of billiard balls made from ivory.
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Ivory Billiard Balls

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a magnified image of a diatom
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Diatom

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A humpback whale
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A Humpback Calf

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Phoenix was photographed swimming off the coast of Canada in the Bay of Fundy in August 2007.
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Phoenix in Bay of Fundy

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A photo of a red-colored sea anemone photographed in the Baltic Sea.
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Urticina Felina, a Baltic Sea Anemone

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Walruses use sea ice as platforms on which to nurse their young and launch their dives.
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Walrus Rests on Ice

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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

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A close up profile of an adult anglerfish female from the Linophryne family collected in the northern region of the Gulf of Mexico. © 2016 DEEPEND/ Dante Fenolio
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Meet the Tiny Bacteria That Give Anglerfishes Their Spooky Glow

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Dr. Brendan Roark discusses different methods of sampling deep-sea corals with undergraduate students at Texas A&M University.
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Coral Scientist Brendan Roark: On an Urgent Mission

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It's a pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti), found in Indonesia's biodiverse Coral Triangle and one of the smallest seahorse species in the world! They can change colors like a chameleon to blend into their environment. This helps to protect them from p
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Can You Spot the Seahorse?

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A coral has just spawned. Each of the hundreds of polyps releases a small pink bundle of sperm and eggs.
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A Tale of Sex and Stress in the Ocean

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