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A beaked whale at the ocean's surface
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A Ship-Wary Beaked Whale

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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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Boring Sponge on Coral

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Thumbnail of Merriam-Webster video on the plural of octopus.
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Octopi? The Plural of an Octopus

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“On an afternoon dive, I spotted a small group of sweetlips in the current among a shoal of juvenile convict blennies. It took me some time to get close to the fish without spooking them. I took several frames but this one was my favorite because of the
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Ocean Fish Pictures

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X-ray image of a winghead shark
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X-Rays of Fish Reveal Diversity

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A harp seal in icy water
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Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses

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eskimos land a skin boat in the ice
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Siberian Yupik Eskimo Skin Boat

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Photo of totoaba swim bladders in market
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Totoaba Swim Bladders

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Radiolarian Shells
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Glassy Radiolarian Beauty

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A refugium tank at the St. Lucie County Aquarium. This tank acts as a safe space to grow corals before transferring them to a larger tank. You can see several staghorn coral colonies - it has a branching structure and the white tips indicate healthy, new g
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Tank at St. Lucie County Aquarium

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A stormy sea lashes the village of Shismaref, Alaska, where the coastline has eroded 30–90 m (100–300 ft) in the past 30 years.
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Shismaref, Alaska

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These deep-sea corals at the Madison-Swanson Marine Reserve are protected, along with the marine life they harbor.
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Protected Deep-sea Corals

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