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Three Killer whales (Orca) swim along side researchers.
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Listening for Clues About Sonar’s Effects on Marine Mammals

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A map of NOAA's 13 marine protected areas
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The Marine Sanctuary: A Safe Harbor for Ocean Life

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Fossil mosasaur skull and partial skeleton sitting in what looks like the dirt it was excavated from.
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Fossil Mosasaur Skull

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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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A profile of an adult female anglerfish from the Linophryne family

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A translucent, female hyperiid surrounded by white young in a barrel-shaped body cavity.
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Phronima Female and Young

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Two small, translucent hyperiids with very large eyes.
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Paraphromina

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Lacy Crust Bryozoans
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Lacy Crust Bryozoan

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A spiraled diatom with spines.
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A Diatom Helix

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Valentinni's sharpnose puffer lives on Indo-Pacific coral reefs, where it shoals in groups of 10-100 puffers and feeds on algae and tunicates.
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Valentinni's Sharpnose Puffer

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Giant drift nets, placed around the world’s oceans to catch commercial fish species, kill non-commercial animals just as efficiently, often taking far more of the latter for every useable species ensnared.
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Sea Lion Drowned in Drift Net

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Every year in Sardinia, Italy. tuna is fished using a large fixed net anchored on the bottom for the purpose to keep the fish inside to grow calm. But other animals like sunfish (shown here), turtles, dolphins, and others are also captured in the net, and
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Sunfish Entangled in Tuna Net

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