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A mosaic of photos from underwater live stream cameras.
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Live Camera Mosaic

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Dr. Candy Feller, Senior Scientist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center underscores the challenges facing mangroves, along with reasons for hope. 
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Living on the Edge: Mangroves

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Screenshot from video of fish swimming in clear blue water in the Cabo Pulmo reserve.
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Cabo Pulmo Reserva de la Biosfera del Patrimonio Mundial

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a black and white shark on a red ocean bottom
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Parthenogenesis: When Female Sharks Reproduce Without a Mate

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a blue embroidery shows zigzag stitching in a cirlce
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Sea Sounds Embroidered in Silk

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A green mahi-mahi fish underwater
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Fish Heart Out of Water

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Relatively slow moving, juvenile plane-head filefish Monacanthus hispidus (Monacanthidae) travel along with the algae. They pick off and eat small animals as they move around in the rotating sargassum ball. Adult filefish only grow to be about 11
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A World Adrift: Life in the Sargassum

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Horizontal bands of color represent different species of lichen that have adapted to the conditions at different heights above sea level.
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Seaside Lichens

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A shortfin mako glides through the waters off the coast of California.
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The State of Sharks, 40 Years After Jaws

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a harpoon head
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Whale Harpoon

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a timeline of the cenozoic era
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The Cenozoic Era

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