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A yellow ribbon eel
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Ribbon Eel

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green and red pom poms adorn a decorator crab
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Decorator Crab Dressed for the Holiday Season

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On August 23, 2011 a 5.8 earthquake emanated from the little-known Central Virginia Seismic Zone. The epicenter was near Mineral, VA, but the tremor shook homes, schools, and office buildings in Washington, DC and beyond. In this brief video, Smithsonian e
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Demonstrating an Earthquake's Seismic Waves

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A dumbo octopus.
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A Dumbo Octopus with Curly Arms

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A 3-D reconstruction of the skull of a fin whale fetus.
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Keeping An Ear Out For Whale Evolution

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A whale shark swimming with fish
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Filtering Giants

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A plastic bag floats at sea.
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Plastic Bag Bans Work

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The Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek site in Canada and the United States was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1979. The sites protected areas along the boundary of Canada and the United States of America are the larg
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Kluane/Wrangell-St Elias/Glacier Bay/Tashenshini-Alsek, Canada & the United States

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A red and yellow gyotaku-style fish print of a flounder
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Gyotaku Flounder

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Screenshots of 'Amazing Ocean' Mobile App
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Amazing Ocean Mobile App

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Dolphins swimming among oily patches in the Gulf of Mexico
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Dolphins Swim in Oily Waters

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