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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Tale of a Whale

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Oceanographers divide the ocean into three broad zones, each with different species.
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Zones of the Open Ocean

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Colorful scaleworm on a seastar
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Scaleworm

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In Egypt, Dr. Jean-Daniel Stanley of the Smithsonian studies submerged ancient settlements.
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Underwater Archaeology

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Yankee Whalers: An 1856 Currier & Ives print shows whalers harpooning a right whale.
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The “Right” Whale to Hunt

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Colorful scaleworm on a seastar
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Pops of Polychaete Color

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Students working on a marine genetics project at the Indonesian Biodiversity Research Center in 2011.
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Students Doing Marine Genetics

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two steelhead trout
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Steelhead Trout

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A dish of halibut
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Deep Poached Halibut

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a sea turtle digs a nest near houses
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Nesting in the Neighborhood

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The sun sets over the Smithsonian’s marine field station at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize. For more than three decades, it has been home to the Smithsonian’s Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystem Program.
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Sunset at Carrie Bow Cay

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A purple, white and black spotted cleaner shrimp sits on an anemone.
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The Spotted Cleaner Shrimp

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