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Rutgers oceanographers and robotic glider
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The Scarlet Knight and Rutgers Oceanographers

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Photograph from above of two right whales, one touching the tip of its mouth to the back of the other..
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Two North Atlantic Right Whales

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Squid size comparison chart: Lycoteuthis springeri (10-12cm), Leachia atlantica (up to 12cm), Promachoteuthis sp. (up to 5cm), Batoteuthis scolops (up to 20cm).
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What is the Largest Squid? A Squid Size Comparison Chart

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At the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, Dr. Wayne Sousa (right) studies lightning impacts.
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Field Research in Panama

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Flame shells live in enormous colonies, but hidden in nests.
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Orange-Tentacled Flame Shell

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Acidic waters are also able to completely dissolve coral skeletons.
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Dissolving Coral Skeleton in Acidic Waters

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A right whale breaches, lifting its huge body out of the water.
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North Atlantic Right Whale

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An unidentified earplug from the National Museum of Natural History collection.
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Ocean Objects of Wonder

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The colorful parrotfish sculpture is made entirely of ocean plastic trash.
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Turning Ocean Trash to Treasure

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

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A newly established black mangrove sits in a field of salt marsh near the northern limit of mangroves in Florida. Mangroves have been expanding near their northern limit in Florida and the expansion is linked to a reduction in the frequency of ex
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Finding Mangroves In Unexpected Places

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a larval fish fans its pectoral fins
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Baby Searobin

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