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Smithsonian Zoologist Dr. Clyde Roper in front of the museum's stored cephalopod collection.
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Smithsonian Cephalopod Collection

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What is coral? The answer is coral is an animal. This cutaway diagram of a coral polyp shows the location of its photosynthetic algae, or zooxanthellae, which coral needs to survive.
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What Is Coral? A Coral Polyp and Zooxanthellae

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Male fiddler crabs, like this one collected on Moorea, wave their enlarged claw as way of signaling to other crabs, especially during mating season.
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Fiddler Crab

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Hawaiian monk seals are among the wildlife found within the Papahānaumokuākea World Heritage Site.
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Hawaiian Monk Seal

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A light painted image of a hand-painted ceramic fish with light emitting from its mouth
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Light Painted Fish

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A student uses a marker to decorate a reusable lunch bag with ocean creatures
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Design Your Own Bag

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This painting of swarthy buccaneers in the midst of a fierce battle was painted by the prolific American marine painter Frederick J. Waugh, and won the Thomas B. Clarke award in 1910 for the best American figure composition.
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The Buccaneers painting

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Illustration from video showing a hydrothermal vent.
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The Adventures of Zack and Molly: Part 4

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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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A screenshot from the video "Diver Encounters a Floating Garbage Patch" that shows a view from below of small bits of plastic floating on the surface of the water.
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Diver Encounters a Floating Garbage Patch

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