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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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An early scale model of North Atlantic right whale Phoenix that was used to develop a life size model for the Smithsonian shows the location of scars on her mouth from entanglements with fishing gear.
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Phoenix: Mouth Scarring

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A close up view of Phoenix and the rough patches of skin known as callosities that are found on all North Atlantic right whales.
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Phoenix’s Callosities

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One of the smallest shearwaters in the Atlantic, Audubon's Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri) is about the size of an American Robin.
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Audubon's Shearwater

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Pygmy Seahorse Blends Into its Environment
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Eye to Eye With a Pygmy Seahorse

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“This composition is a blend of nature and architecture. Shooting beneath the structure to get a unique perspective, I waited for days for a thick mist to lift and reveal the backlighting and color I needed to frame the pier’s converging lines. I was f
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Scripps Pier, La Jolla, California, USA

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“Golden sweepers form schools in reef crevices and caves and among coral heads. The technique I employed to make this image was a long exposure and rear curtain synchronization combined with a circular rotation of the camera during the shot. Buyat Bay, a
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Golden Sweepers, Pulau Tulang, Buyat Bay, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

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two veterinarians listen to a dolphins heart next to a dock
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Navy Dolphin

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A pink, white and black colored boxing crab holds two anemones in its claws.
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Boxing Crab

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A blue and yellow colored blue-ribbon eel.
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Blue Ribbon Eel

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A clutch bag made from fish skin with a detailed design of a landscape.
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Sakhalin Fish Skin Painting Clutch

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A man, surrounded by fish skins hanging to dry, kneels before a large pit as he demonstrates the tanning process.
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Ainu Fish Skin Tanning Workshop

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