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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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This aptly named fish has two long fangs.

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Creepy Critters: Marine Life Surfaces for Halloween

a trigger fish swims around a coral reef

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The Incredible Diversity of Fish: How Form Equals Function

A school of bluefin tuna

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The Great Pacific Migration of Bluefin Tuna

Thumbnail of a parrotfish with huge front teeth.

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Feeding Humphead Parrotfish

an old illustration of an eel

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The Origin of Eels

Interfaz de usuario de la Fish App

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Hay una aplicación para eso: usando teléfonos para contribuir a una pesca sostenible

Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative researchers collect samples from a Pensacola Beach with oil layers in the sand. They use genomics to track how the communities of microbes change as they digest different components of oil after a spill.

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Three Ways You Can Use Genomics to Study Oil Spill Impacts

Screenshot of "Sea Creatures from the Deep" video showing the teeth of an anglerfish.

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Sea Creatures from the Deep: A Video by National Geographic and the Census of Marine Life

This is one of about 200 species of moray eels that live in tropical and subtropical coral reefs.

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The Revealing Nature of Eel Faces

"Ocean sunfish" by Mark Harris

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Chasing a Basking Shark

A photo of Oceana's ice class research vessel, the Hanse Explorer, on the Baltic Sea.

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Biodiversity in the Baltic Sea

an elephant seal with a tracker

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Citizens of the High Seas