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Shell of an orange and white cone snail species.
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A New Cone Snail - Attenuiconus marileeae

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Beating Cilia of Comb Jelly Combs
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Sea Gooseberry Larva

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A puffin sits on a rock.
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The Return of the Puffins

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Juvenile Clam with Tentacles
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Spaceship Mollusk

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Even when a lobster is still a developing egg, you can see some of its adult features: an eye and legs.
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Lobster Egg

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The Brazilian Atlantic Islands site was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2001. The rich waters of the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago and Rocas Atoll are extremely important for the breeding and feeding of tuna, shark, turtle, and marine mammals. Th
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Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves

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A map of the early European whaling site at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada
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Map of Early European Whaling Region

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Hagfish Slime Thread
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Spin Hagfish Slime into Silk

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Sand dollars (like those pictured in this set of illustrations) are flattened, burrowing sea urchins. Dead, sunlight-bleached specimens resemble silver coins, hence their common name. These figures portray a sand dollar’s lifecycle from larva to adult.
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Sea Urchins

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A researcher takes notes at the site of an ancient shipwreck recently discovered in Mazotas, Cyprus. The ship went down in the 4th century B.C. loaded with expensive and sought-after wine from Greece.
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Cyprus Shipwreck Discovery

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Purple, pink and green corals growing underwater on a metal fence-like substrate.
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The Coral Gardener

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