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An aerial view of Phoenix the right whale at the surface of the ocean.
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Phoenix the North Atlantic Right Whale Video

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Down below where the sunlight cannot penetrate, the ocean is a dark, cold and alien landscape. Can life really exist in such an extreme environment? NOAA Ocean Today Every Full Moon takes a look at the bizarre and remarkable creatures that persist in the d
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Creep into the Deep

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Happy World Ocean Day!
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Coral Letters: A Message from the Corals of Curacao

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This orange boring sponge (Cliona varians) overgrows several coral species at Panama's Smithsonian Tropical Studies Institute.
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Ocean Acidification Excites Boring Sponges

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Dive through the zones of the ocean to the deep ocean bottom where many strange species live, and there are many yet to be discovered. Explore them in the Deep Ocean Exploration section.
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What We DON'T Know About the Deep Sea

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Oil on the water’s surface in the Gulf of Mexico during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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#GulfSpillFlashback: Giving the Gulf Oil Spill the Consideration It Deserves

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Expedition to the Poles

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A coral has just spawned. Each of the hundreds of polyps releases a small pink bundle of sperm and eggs.
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A Tale of Sex and Stress in the Ocean

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a bull shark in a net
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How Climate Change is Impacting Shark Mothering

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A large red research vessel among icy waters and snowy mountains
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Shipboard Life in the Antarctic

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