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A C-130 Hercules from the Air Force Reserve Command deploys dispersant into the Gulf of Mexico May 5, 2010, as part of the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill response effort.
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Building a Better Dispersant

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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What is a Coral Reef? Elementary School

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A hermit crab looks out from its coral dwelling in the waters of Japan's Ogasawara Islands.
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The Perfect Underwater Photo

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Home is where the hull is: Since the dawn of seafaring, humankind has had to deal with pesky creatures, such as barnacles, that “foul” ship hulls and boat propellers like this one.
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No Fouling Around

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Tagged Mahi Mahi swimming in clear water.
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Satellite Tagging Captive Mahi Mahi

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The vicious "killer shrimp."
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Rough Reputation: Are Invasive Species All Bad?

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A wave curls near the shore.
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American Spaces

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Two sea nettles swimming in an aquarium tank.
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Live Jelly Cam

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This 1874 illustration of California gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) shows a group of individuals at the edge of their modern day range in the North Pacific Ocean, blocked from traveling further east into Arctic waters by thick ice barriers.
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In the Arctic, the Times, They Are a-Changin: You Can Pitch in to Understand How

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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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On Moorea, an island in French Polynesia, researchers are striving to complete a biocode—a DNA catalog of every life form big enough to pick up with tweezers.
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Scientists Catalog Life on the Island of Moorea

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