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Grey reef sharks are among the most versatile and tough predators on a Pacific coral reef, but they are also among the most vulnerable species, as they are threatened by wasteful fishing practices like shark finning.
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Where the Shark and the Snapper Roam

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Jellyfish produce mucus, especially when stressed, which can interact with oil and break it down. This moon jellyfish is sloughing off mucus that has mixed with droplets of oil.
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How Jellyfish Break Down Oil After a Spill

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A map of the U.S. and Canada is colored to show the areas of the U.S. that expect higher or lower precipitation. The northwest and northeast are brown to show reduced precipitation, while most of the southwest and southeast are blue to indicate higher precipitation.
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El Niño Explained: Understanding the Forces Shaping 2023-24 Winter Weather 

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A bloom of algae from up above
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What Exactly Is a Red Tide?

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A brown and white dragon moray eel with its mouth open.
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Surprising Results Upon Reexamining the Curious Jaw of the Moray Eel

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Walruses use sea ice as platforms on which to nurse their young and launch their dives.
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Walrus: An Arctic Mammal in Peril?

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Happy World Ocean Day!
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Coral Letters: A Message from the Corals of Curacao

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A sea monster attacks a wooden ship
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The Enchanting Sea Monsters on Medieval Maps

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Satellite view of the Gulf Coast oil spill off of Louisiana, April 29, 2010.
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State of Emergency in the Gulf

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The Komodo National Park site in Indonesia was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1991. The site hosts "Komodo dragons" (Varanus komodoensis), a unique species that exists nowhere else in the world and is of great interest to scientists studying evolu
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Tunicates—Not So Spineless Invertebrates

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a woman works on a ship in a hard hat and vest
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Swimming Against the Tide

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Seven of the newly discovered Starksia blennies, small fish with elongated bodies
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Scientists Discover Seven New Species of Fish

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