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a large ship with shipping containers
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Researching Invasive Species Near the Panama Canal

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A volunteer puts together the bleached coral reef by stacking pieces of Styrofoam onto wire.
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Building the Bleached Reef

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Seagrasses are found across the world, from the tropics to the Arctic. Shades of green indicate the number of species reported for a given area. The darker shades of green indicate more species are present.
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Seagrass Around the World

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Microscopic beach dweller in the sand.
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Organisms Beneath the Sand

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Whalers harpoon a right whale
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Harpooning Whales

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The colorful parrotfish sculpture is made entirely of ocean plastic trash.
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Priscilla the Parrotfish

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a squalodontid skull is dislodged after a plaster jacket is applied
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Dislodging the Fossil

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Smithsonian scientists apply a plaster bandage cap to a block of rock containing fossils
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Securing the Fossil

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Elephant seals' eyes are specialized to dim light and, in particular, to light at the wavelength of 485 nm -- which is the same wavelength given off by the bioluminescent lanternfish that are the seals' main prey.
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Elephant Seals Laze on the Beach

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Smithsonian researchers with fossil whale skulls from the group Monodontidae
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Smithsonian Scientists Describe a New Fossil Whale

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