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A humpback whale breaching in Antarctic waters.
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Humpback Whale in Antarctic Waters

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a colorful sea urchin with red and white striped spikes
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Dazzling New Sea Urchin Species

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A piece of the Institute For Figuring’s Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef known as the Ladies Silurian Atoll.
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Ladies Silurian Atoll from the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef

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Human activity is increasing in the Arctic marine environment due to climate change. To help the most vulnerable areas, the Global Marine Program of IUCN, along with partners, is convening a series of workshops aimed at enhancing ecosystem-based management and identifying biologically or ecologically important or vulnerable habitats. Burgerbukta, a bay in Svalbard, Norway, is being managed for ecosystem protection.
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Protecting Arctic habitat

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The arrows show the direction of ocean currents recorded by William Dampier while crossing “La Grande Mer du Sud”—the Pacific Ocean.
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Pacific Ocean Currents

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Pirates Ann Bonny and Mary Read shown in men's clothes
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Ann Bonny and Mary Read

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Blackbeard’s flag showed a skeleton piercing a heart and toasting the devil.
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Blackbeard’s Pirate Flag

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Oil on the water’s surface in the Gulf of Mexico during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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Official Report on Gulf Oil Spill Released

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Sometimes the raven monitored Chilton’s progress from an overhead perch.
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Raven Keeps Watch over Carver

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Phoenix rises out of the waters east of Cape Cod, MA, in April 2003.
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Can Right Whales Recover?

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A thick stand of mangroves with tangled roots lines an island creek in Panama.
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Caribbean Mangroves

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This scientific illustration of a giant squid shows off its two long tentacle and its 8 shorter arms.
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Deep-sea Giant Squid

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