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Dive through the zones of the ocean to the deep ocean bottom where many strange species live, and there are many yet to be discovered. Explore them in the Deep Ocean Exploration section.
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What We DON'T Know About the Deep Sea

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This orange boring sponge (Cliona varians) overgrows several coral species at Panama's Smithsonian Tropical Studies Institute.
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Ocean Acidification Excites Boring Sponges

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Ari Friedlaender, a research scientist at the Duke University Marine Lab, tags a blue whale.
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Acrobatic Blue Whales Do the Twist While Feeding

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A beach clean-up in Malaysia brings young people together to care for their coastline.
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Helping Kids Help the Ocean

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Photograph of an oiled brown pelican squatting on the beach.
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Animals and the Oil Spill: What Can You Do?

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Corals, sponges, and algae are the major components of most coral reef communities as shown in this picture.
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Making Science Sing: The Longest Time (Coral Triangle Edition)

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A sea turtle swimming
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Sea Turtles

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a succulent plant with small purple flowers in sand
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Sea Purslane

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a string of cyanobacteria
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Cyanobacteria

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an octopus with rainbow colored webbing between its arms
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Violet Blanket Octopus

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a manta ray swims up revealing its underside
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Reef Manta Ray

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Screen shot from lecture on World Ocean Day.
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The Last Wild Places In the Ocean Webcast

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