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A small, transparent, shell-less sea snail in the open ocean.
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Angels of the Sea

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These Smithsonian field stations enable scientists worldwide to conduct long-term studies on mangrove ecosystems.
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Slideshow: Smithsonian Research Stations

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A puffin with a mouthful of fish.
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Watching for Fish in the Puffin's Beak

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Two baby olive ridley sea turtles.
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Surveying Life On Sea Turtles

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On coral reefs fish are important links in the food chain that sustains higher-order predators (including humans) and keeps everything in balance.
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Fish Get Risky Around Oil

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A blue-ringed octopus
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How Octopuses and Squids Change Color

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Many medicines were based on a chemical from the sea sponge Tectitethya crypta.
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Five Questions for Shirley Pomponi, Medical Sponge Hunter

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Seafood vendor at historic Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington (USA). The market draws both shoppers and gawkers who come to watch the gregarious crew of fishmongers.
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World Fisheries from Sea to Table

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A raindrop falls into a surface oil slick treated with chemical dispersant.
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After the Oil Spill: Research Projects in the Gulf of Mexico with GoMRI

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a man snorkels at the surface near a coral reef while a woman sits on a boat and watches
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The Truth About Corals and Sunscreen

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a megamouth shark swims with a diver in the background
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The Massive Filter Feeding Shark You Ought to Know

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A Cirraturlid worm swims in the open ocean.
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Why I Love Polychaetes

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