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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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two brittle stars in a tank
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Brittle Star Splits

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Color illustration of an ancient bivalve.
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Rudist Reefs

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This male dancing fiddler crab (Uca terpsichores) has built a sand “hood” at the entrance to his burrow, which he hopes will attract females to his humble abode—as if that big beautiful claw of his weren't enough!
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The Design of a Beautiful Weapon

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Convict surgeonfish are the roaming sheep of the reef but, instead of noshing on grass, they feed on algae.
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Helpful Herbivores

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Three dancers dependent on one another, as in the food web.
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Dancing for the Ocean

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These zooplankton collected on a research cruise include a jellyfish, a lanternfish, a snipe eel, two large orange shrimp, a fuzzy pyrosome (which is bioluminescent), and several smaller animals.
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One Fish, Two Fish: Estimating Undiscovered Species

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A thresher shark was killed after becoming stuck in a gillnet.
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Good-Bye Gillnet, Hello Shark Recovery!

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A team of scientists explore the Arctic ocean.
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Under Arctic Ice

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An 'austral' or southern breeder, Great Shearwaters (Ardenna gravis) migrate from breeding islands far to the south in the Atlantic before traveling to the Northern Atlantic to feed.
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Migratory Seabirds: A Slideshow

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Two men each hold a ceramic vessel at the archaeological excavation
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Archaeologists Study Early Whaling Community in Quebec, Canada

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