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The Smithsonian Community Crochet Reef
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The Smithsonian Community Reef

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Isaac Ginis, hurricane modeling expert from The University of Rhode Island
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Dr. Isaac Ginis

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Workers prepare to hoist the model of Phoenix, a North Atlantic Right Whale, into position above the exhibit hall floor in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.
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Preparing to Hoist the Right Whale Model

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Close-up of a 17th century painting shows how whales were brought ashore for processing and their blubber rendered into marketable oil.
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Basque Whalers

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Sea anemones, brittle stars, and sea urchins make a home on mangrove roots.
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Mangrove Roots Up Close

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These bleached corals in the Gulf of Mexico are the result of increased water temperatures.
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Bleached Corals

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Photograph of a many-armed sea star with maroon and white feathery-looking arms, with a deep red sea fan in the background.
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Feather Star

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Phoenix’s mother, Stumpy (number 1004), was killed in a collision with a ship near Virginia in February 2004. She was pregnant with her sixth known calf.
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When Ships Strike

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Dr. Karen L. McKee collects a peat core in a mangrove forest in Belize.
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Dr. Karen L. McKee Studies Mangroves

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Three dancers dependent on one another, as in the food web.
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The Food Web, Through Dance

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An underwater photo of a school of jacks and a scuba diver
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Bigeye Jacks and Diver Balicasag, Philippines

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Colorful corals are disappearing in the Great Barrier Reef.
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Coral at the Great Barrier Reef

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