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In 2011, storms and lack of ice-cover due to a warmer winter climate resulted in hundreds of seal pups being washed up on the shore of Prince Edward Island. Like many, this young seal faced an uncertain future. See more Nature's Best Photos.
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Ice-Loving Seals and the Loss of Sea Ice

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A ribbon worm curled up in a mud flat.
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The Search for an Elusive Ribbon Worm

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Ari Friedlaender, a research scientist at the Duke University Marine Lab, tags a blue whale.
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Acrobatic Blue Whales Do the Twist While Feeding

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The "Lower Invertebrates" exhibit in Smithsonian Institution Building in 1901 included models of a giant squid and an octopus.
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Still Blue After a Century of Ocean Science and Exploration

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A bluefin trevally swims in Hawaii’s Maro Coral Reef, part of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
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Two Views of Coral Reefs: Thriving and Threatened

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A brittled star clings to damaged deep-sea corals in the Gulf of Mexico
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Brittle Star Clings to Damaged Deep-sea Corals

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women in dugout canoes in the mangrove forest
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Forests of Plenty

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A bright red sea anemone clings to rocks underwater.
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Blue on the Big Screen

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Tiny bits and pieces of plastic can be found throughout the ocean, like these collected from the open ocean by net.
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The “Plastisphere:" A new marine ecosystem

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Although in reality an ichthyosaur and plesiosaur would have likely never battled, this widely shared lithograph by artist, geologist and paleontologist Henry De la Beche even inspired author Jules Verne to pen a similar scene in his book, Journey to the C
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Unearthing History: Mary Anning's Hunt for Prehistoric Ocean Giants

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Crochet Jellyfish from the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef
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Crochet Jellyfish

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Japanese scientists videotaped this female giant squid, alive, at the water's surface
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Giant Squid

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