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An unidentified earplug from the National Museum of Natural History collection.
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Whale Earwax

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An underwater photo of a school of jacks and a scuba diver
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Bigeye Jacks and Diver Balicasag, Philippines

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Colorful corals are disappearing in the Great Barrier Reef.
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Coral at the Great Barrier Reef

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An environmental chemist collects samples of oil in the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon spill. The resulting chemical “fingerprint” of the oil will help determine the origin of other samples.
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Oil Samples in the Gulf

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Melissa Frey, Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) Rubenstein Fellow, examines a Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) on a chilly day in Sidney, British Columbia. In addition to holding an EOL Fellowship, Melissa is a Research Associate at the Royal BC Museum, where she continues to engage in taxonomic studies.
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Taxonomic studies

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A juvenile Kemp's ridley sea turtle emerges from the nest
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Kemp's Ridley Hatchling

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A beautiful bromeliad blooms among the mud and roots of a mangrove swamp.
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Dancing Bulb

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A decomposing sea star loses its grip on a rock.
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A Starfish Wasting Away

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The 2012 Indonesian Biodiversity Research Center dive class stand in a group together
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Scientific Diving Students from the 2012 IBRC Program

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Three dancers dependent on one another, as in the food web.
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The Food Web, Through Dance

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Coral Head Near Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Hawaii
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Pearl and Hermes Atoll Coral

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A headshot of Sharon Katz Cooper looking at camera.
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Podcast: Sharon Katz Cooper on Building the Sant Ocean Hall

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