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J. Murray Roberts studies and maps the cold-water corals known as Lophelia in the North Atlantic.
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J. Murray Roberts, Coral Scientist

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J. Murray Roberts studies and maps the cold-water corals known as Lophelia in the North Atlantic.
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Exploring the Blue Planet with J. Murray Roberts

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National Coordinator for USFWS, Aquatic Animal Health, Joel Bader
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Joel Bader, USFWS Aquatic Animal Health

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Smithsonian Ichthyologist and Curator of Fishes, Dr. David Johnson
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David Johnson NMNH Ichthyologist and Curator

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Dr. Jeremy Jackson, Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
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Dr. Jeremy Jackson

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John Paxton, a scientist who studies marine life, looks into a microscope
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Sleuth at Sea

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Dr. J. Murray Roberts photographed these living polyps from the Mingulay Reef Complex off Scotland in aquaria in 2010.
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Lophelia Pertusa Coral Polyps

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This painting of swarthy buccaneers in the midst of a fierce battle was painted by the prolific American marine painter Frederick J. Waugh, and won the Thomas B. Clarke award in 1910 for the best American figure composition.
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The Buccaneers painting

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A privateer was a seaman with a license from his country's government to attack enemy ships. The government usually got a share of the profits.
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Privateer definition

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a closeup of many mangrove pneumatophores
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Like Breathing Through A Straw

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Sabrina Taylor, a wildlife biologist at Louisiana State University and lead scientist for the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, releases a seaside sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus) in the Louisiana marsh.
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Sabrina Taylor Releases a Sparrow

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