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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Biomes: Wild Arctic

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Be a Scientist

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Caribbean reef sharks swim over a coral reef in the Bahamas.
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Swimming With Sharks

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Nine small invertebrates held on two fingers.
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On Biodiversity: Understanding its Meaning and Importance

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A variety of organisms make their home on this tropical coral reef in Indonesia.
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Coral Reefs Need You

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Orange roughy and various marine species, bycatch, on the deck of a research trawler
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Rough Going for Orange Roughy

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The currents of the North Pacific gyre collect trash—mostly bits of microscopic plastic—into what are known as "garbage patches."
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Ocean Trash Plaguing Our Sea

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Freshly cut dorsal fin from a scalloped hammerhead shark held by fisherman with knife.
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Shark Finning: Sharks Turned Prey

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Smithsonian scientists race the tide the excavate an ancient whale fossil entombed in rock
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Fossil Whale Found, Excavated, Jacketed, and Returned to STRI!

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Screenshot from video showing hands of researcher wearing gloves and pipetting.
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A Microbial World

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ice cover simulation
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Receding Ice Cover

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Turtle swimming by coral reef.
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Ashmore Reef highlights

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