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A fossil imprint of Ottoia prolifica.
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Ottoia prolifica

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A relative of insects, trilobites lived on the ocean floor during the Cambrian period.
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Trilobites

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Half a century after nuclear testing blasted the reefs of Bikini Atoll, corals have recovered.
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Bikini Atoll Coral

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Ian G. Macintyre, Curator of Carbonate Sedimentology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
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NMNH Paleobiology Curator Ian Macintyre

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NMNH intern in the lab.
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It's All In the DNA

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A neighborhood seafood market in the Testaccio area of Rome, Italy.
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Neighborhood Seafood Market in Rome

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A WWI poster
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Eat More Fish

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One-meter-tall plastic drifters are released into the Gulf of Mexico in 2012. Over 300 of these drifters were released and their location information was sent to researchers every five minutes through GPS satellite.
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CARTHE Drifters: Where does oil go when it is spilled?

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A large black grouper swims amidst coral.
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Protecting the Most Vulnerable Fish After an Oil Spill

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An unidentified earplug from the National Museum of Natural History collection.
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Whale Earwax: What You Can Learn From Strange Collections

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One of several rowboats that were sunk in front of Lake Hotel at Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park in the early 20th century.
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Underwater Parks in 3-D

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A blue parrotfish hides among coral.
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Tough Teeth and Parrotfish Poop

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