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An image of a dark seafloor hydrothermal vent with brown, bulbous pillow lava on top. The lava is surrounded by white clam-like creatures.
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Pillow Lava

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A pod of killer whales from above.
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A Pod of Whales

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This orange boring sponge (Cliona varians) overgrows several coral species at Panama's Smithsonian Tropical Studies Institute.
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Boring Sponge on Coral

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Oceanographers divide the ocean into three broad zones, each with different species.
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Zones of the Open Ocean

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Lidia the Seal is made entirely of plastic trash from the ocean.
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Lidia the Seal

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Brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) nest in a mangrove in Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands.
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Pelican Nest in Mangroves

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two polychaete worms side by side
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Pettibone's Polychaete

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eskimos land a skin boat in the ice
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Siberian Yupik Eskimo Skin Boat

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A common bottlenose dolphin swimming.
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Common Bottlenose Dolphin

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A Bryde's whale catches a meal
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Bryde's Whale

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Acorn barnacles living on top of a crab.
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An Edible Crab Covered with Barnacles

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Unlike the shallow tropical coral reef at left, the deep-sea Oculina reef at right does not require sunlight.
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Shallow and Deep-Sea Coral Reefs

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