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Colorful fish swim in blue water.

an adult and baby coelacanth specimens on display

Meet the Coelacanth

Learn about the fish that was once thought to be extinct.

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Un pescador de una pesquería a pequeña escala de Honduras se embarca en una excursión de pesca.

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Medidas Inteligentes Rastrea las Presiones de Pesca

A blue parrotfish hides among coral.

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Tough Teeth and Parrotfish Poop

On coral reefs fish are important links in the food chain that sustains higher-order predators (including humans) and keeps everything in balance.

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Fish Get Risky Around Oil

A tornado of sardines swirls around diver and photographer Erwin Poliakoff in the Philippines.

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Why the Littlest Fish Matter a Whole Lot

A school of akule (Hawaiian for bigeye scad) explode into a camera's frame.

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Following the Akule

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Overfishing is leading to an abundance of less desirable species like jellyfish.

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Peanut Butter and Jellyfish

A school of akule (Hawaiian for bigeye scad) explode into a camera's frame.

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Following the Akule

Mistaken Point New Foundland

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Ediacaran Fossils: One Species at a Time

The ultra-black Pacific blackdragon forms a circular shape with its body.

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Scientists Find First Ultra-Black Color in Deep-Sea Fishes

an elephant seal with a tracker

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Citizens of the High Seas

A screenshot from the video showing a Palauan primitive cave eel.

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Video of the Palauan primitive cave eel (Protanguilla palau)

Hawaiian monk seals are among the wildlife found within the Papahānaumokuākea World Heritage Site.

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Struggling to Survive, But with a Chance to Thrive

An image of a cell phone displaying the Fish App.

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There’s an App for That: Using Phones to Help Make Fishing Sustainable

This shrimp is colored to fit in - probably why they are common members of the seaweed community.

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A World Adrift: Life in the Sargassum Slideshow

A photo of a sea toad specimen.

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A Sub and a Sea Toad

This aptly named fish has two long fangs.

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Creepy Critters: Marine Life Surfaces for Halloween

a flounder blends into the sandy seafloor

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Fish Fins that can Taste