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A Caribbean hermit crab (Coenobita clypeatus) crawls on the forest floor.
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Caribbean Hermit Crab

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An orange sunset over the ocean.
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Ocean Sunset

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Nancy Rabalais smiling at the camera in a headshot.
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Nancy Rabalais

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Alexis Temkin stands in marsh grass holding a reptile.
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Alexis Temkin

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Chris Mah, Research Collaborator, Invertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
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NMNH Research Collaborator Chris Mah

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A map shows flood depth after Hurricane Katrina.
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Katrina Flood Depth

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The Rice's Whale

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An illustration of a recently discovered species of Monodontid, Bohaskaia monodontoides, and its beluga and narwhale relatives
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Illustration of a New Fossil Whale, Bohaskaia monodontoides

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This aptly named fish has two long fangs.
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Fangtooth Fish

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Smithsonian researchers with fossil whale skulls from the group Monodontidae
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Smithsonian Scientists Describe a New Fossil Whale

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Three bar jacks and a female tiger shark swim through the ocean off the coast of the Bahamas.
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Tiger Shark

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A sea turtle swimming
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Sea Turtles

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