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A map of NOAA's 13 marine protected areas
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National Marine Sanctuaries Map

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Ocean Acidification: An Ecosystem Facing Dissolution

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Twin-spot snappers are curious top predators on Pacific coral reefs, eating a variety of fishes, shrimps, crabs, and snails among others, and are usually around 2.5 feet long.
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Curious Bohar

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Colorful crustaceans from the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe.
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Colorful Caribbean Crustaceans

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A yellow moray eel inside of a sea sponge in the waters off of Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand
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Moray Waits for a Meal

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A teacher and a young boy paint a fish mold to create a Gyotaku style print
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Gyotaku Fish Prints

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Dr. Clyde Roper (rear) and museum specialist Mike Sweeny examine a giant squid specimen.
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Studying Giant Squid

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The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred on March 24, 1989 when an oil tanker grounded on a reef in Alaska’s Prince William Sound. It spilled almost 11 million gallons of crude oil, which reached 1,300 miles of coastline. The spill's remote location, accessib
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Five Questions for Richard Carson, Natural Resource Economist

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A photo of a swimming Protanguilla palau, the newly discovered genus and species of eel
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Palauan primitive cave eel (Protanguilla palau), a 'living fossil'

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The weedy sea dragon male can hold around 250 eggs in his pouch.
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The Dragon of the Sea

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The blue lined octopus can be deadly, so it is best to stay away.
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The Dangerous Blue Octopus

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A Smithsonian scientist with a whale fossil he excavated
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Panama Expedition Success

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