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When Great Shearwaters are blown ashore by strong winds and storms, they have to be taken to a rehabilitation center before being released back to the ocean.

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Great Shearwater Release

August 2013

A prickly dogfish swims in blue water near the ocean's bottom.

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Prickly Dogfish

July 2017

A Peacock Mantis Shrimp clutches her eggs

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A Mother's Clutch

January 2018

A Yellow spotted trevally struggles to free itself from a fisherman's discarded net. Discarded nets continue to fish long after they have been lost, devastating the local fish populations and choking the life out of the reef on which it becomes entangled

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Trevally Dying in Ghost Net, Oman

September 2014

Building a Better Dispersant: When we wash dishes at home, we use dish soap to break up and wash away any oil that is stuck to our plates and utensils. Similarly, stronger soap-like chemicals called dispersants can be used to break up oil spills, like thos

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Building a Better Dispersant

February 2015

: A thicket of Lophelia pertusa, a widespread deep sea coral, shelters a squat lobster.

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Coral Thicket with Lobster

June 2011

Male copepods are distinctly different from female copepods.

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Male Copepod

January 2011

Two young visitors look into the coral reef aquarium at the Smithsonian's Sant Ocean Hall

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Young Visitors to the Sant Ocean Hall

July 2010

When we use fossil fuels to power our cars, homes, and businesses, we put heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

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Tracking Ocean Acidification

July 2010

Walter Adey and the NMNH coral reef tank

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Walter Adey and Coral Reef Tank

November 2017

This queen parrotfish scrapes algae from Caribbean reefs with its parrot-like beak.

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Queen Parrotfish

July 2015

Flower-like clusters of pink polyps make up this coral colony.

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Coral Colony

January 2010