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Don't Feed Wild Dolphins

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Dr. Chris Reddy, an environmental chemist from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, studies oil spills and their long-term impacts.
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Oil & Water Don't Mix

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Small foram shells in seafloor sediment.
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A Foram That Thrives Where Others Can't

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
Lesson Plan

Now You See Me, Now You Don’t

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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 and Water Don't Mix, Even After 40 Years

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A pile of bycatch species.
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Bycatch: The Cost of Catching What You Don’t Want

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Two Fishers Fishing

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King penguins incubates their eggs.
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King Penguins with Eggs

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A red and white colored bristle worm swims in the water column.
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A Striped Deep Sea Worm

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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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a worker sits inside the cast of a whale
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The Cast of a Whale

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