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On Moorea, an island in French Polynesia, researchers are striving to complete a biocode—a DNA catalog of every life form big enough to pick up with tweezers.
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Scientists Catalog Life on the Island of Moorea

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a lamprey's suction mouth opens to show a disk of pointed teeth
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7 Ocean Parasites Worth Celebrating on World Parasite Day

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ear bones of a grouper fish
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A Grouper's Ear Stone

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a grain of sand with microbes highlighted in green
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Microbial Life on a Grain of Sand

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a worker sits inside the cast of a whale
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The Cast of a Whale

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an illustration of two gannets
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Gannet

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baby turtles emerge from nest
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Baby Turtles

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an old museum display of a coelacanth
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Historical Coelacanth Display

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a juvenile humphead in a a tank
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Tank Life of a Humphead Wrasse

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An aerial view of a roadway on an island
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Thin and Narrow

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A screenshot from video showing illustrations of ancient coral reefs.
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Coral Reefs Changing Over Time

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A blue whale with a removable tag surfaces off the coast.
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Big Sur Blue Whale

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