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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Shark Snapshot - Saving sharks with an underwater photoshoot

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This bait ball shows how small fish can react when larger predators are near, gathering tightly together in a ball-like formation that exposes the least number of fish.
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Bait Ball

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Smithsonian scientist who discovered new species in her laboratory
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Smithsonian Scientist Discovers New Fish Species

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a woman holding up algal specimens
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Valerie Paul with algal specimens

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A robotic arm on the Johnson-Sea-Link submersible retrieves Galatheid crabs for research. In the background is a species of the deep-sea coral Lophelia.
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Collecting Deep-Sea Crabs

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A submersible explores the deep reefs off of Curacao in the Caribbean.
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Curasub

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Purple octocoral at ECOGIG study site at the bottom of the sea.
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Purple Octocoral

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White growth emerges from a deep-sea coral sample stained pink to enable ocean scientists to measure its growth rate.
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Growth Experiment

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This Marine National Monument protects a chain of atolls and reefs 1,931-kilometers (1,200-miles) long.
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Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument

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Imagen submarina de dos peces nadando cerca de corales pétreos y ramificados.
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Historias de Éxito de una Boleta de Calificaciones de Reef

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corals of many colors in the deep sea
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Deep Gulf Restoration After a Monumental Oil Spill

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