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A Caribbean hermit crab (Coenobita clypeatus) crawls on the forest floor.
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The Great Hermit Crab Migration

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Horizontal bands of color represent different species of lichen that have adapted to the conditions at different heights above sea level.
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Seaside Lichens

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Microscopic beach dweller in the sand.
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Organisms Beneath the Sand

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A screenshot from the video showing a fiddler crab with a large claw.
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Claws Out: Fiddler Crabs Do Battle

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A beach scene with groups of people walking in the water and playing with the sand.
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Summer Beach

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A birds eye view of an estuary
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Estuary: a storm buffer

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The sun sets over Sanur in Bali, Indonesia during low tide.
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Sunset in Bali, Indonesia

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The sun sets over the Smithsonian’s marine field station at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize. For more than three decades, it has been home to the Smithsonian’s Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystem Program.
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Sunset at Carrie Bow Cay

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A shining jingle shell on the sand.
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Jingle Shells

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The grasses and animals living in marshes help to filter water and stabilize shorelines, along with providing habitat for a variety of mammals, fish, shellfish and amphibians and a haven for migratory waterfowl.
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Wetlands to the Horizon

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The sea star Odontaster validus and sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri are often found living in association with one another along the Antarctic coastline, here during the Census of Marine Life.
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Sea Stars and Urchins off Antarctica

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The velvet crab's aggressive nature has earned it the nickname devil's crab.
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The Velvet Swimming Crab

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