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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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A blue crab on the Mid-Atlantic coast of the U.S.
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A Bite of Bitter Crab

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a grey, fossilized fish skeleton with a red background
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Bony Beginnings: The Rise of Vertebrate Innovation in the Devonian

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A ribbon worm curled up in a mud flat.
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The Search for an Elusive Ribbon Worm

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A red and yellow gyotaku-style fish print of a flounder
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Educational Uses of Gyotaku or Fish Printing

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A photo of a solitary European green crab on a sandy substrate.
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A green crab’s super power: eating through its gills

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This shrimp is colored to fit in - probably why they are common members of the seaweed community.
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A World Adrift: Life in the Sargassum Slideshow

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A school of akule (Hawaiian for bigeye scad) explode into a camera's frame.
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Following the Akule

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a crochet radiolarian
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Make Your Own: Radiolarian

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A newly established black mangrove sits in a field of salt marsh near the northern limit of mangroves in Florida. Mangroves have been expanding near their northern limit in Florida and the expansion is linked to a reduction in the frequency of ex
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Finding Mangroves In Unexpected Places

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Many species of pink coralline algae, which cements coral reefs together, cover a reef surface in the Southern Line Islands.
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Coralline Algae: The Unsung Architects of Coral Reefs

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This male dancing fiddler crab (Uca terpsichores) has built a sand “hood” at the entrance to his burrow, which he hopes will attract females to his humble abode—as if that big beautiful claw of his weren't enough!
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The Design of a Beautiful Weapon

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