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Positioned in front of a natural oil seep, this video camera is capturing images of the black oil bubbling up from beneath the sea floor. A light mounted to the frame helps see what is happening in the dark on the sea floor.
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How Oil Feeds the Deep Sea

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A coral head in the Mesoamerican Reef has both bleached and living coral. The white sections are bleached and the brown parts still contain zooxanthellae, the symbiotic algae that provide food to their coral hosts.
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Coral Under Pressure: Monitoring Bleaching In Real Time

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Trout cages in 30 feet of water.
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Aquaculture Comes Full Circle

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A school of bluefin tuna
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The Great Pacific Migration of Bluefin Tuna

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A vaquita swim in the ocean.
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A History Entwined: Vaquita, Totoaba, Fishermen

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Hawaiian monk seals are among the wildlife found within the Papahānaumokuākea World Heritage Site.
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Backbone of Biodiversity at Risk

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X-ray image of a winghead shark
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X-Rays of Fish Reveal Diversity

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A sea monster attacks a wooden ship
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The Enchanting Sea Monsters on Medieval Maps

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During what is known as the Golden Age of Piracy, pirates reaped great rewards—and, if they were caught, faced terrible punishments. Here are some of the most legendary pirates of that time.
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Pirates of the Golden Age

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the skull of a mosasaur
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A Mosasaur's Bite

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A Brittle Star
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A Brittle Star

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an ocean sunrise through a red metal hole
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A Hawsepiper

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