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This dog is helping researchers at the New England Aquarium in Boston detect scat (or poop) from North Atlantic right whales.
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The Search for Whale Poop

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A photo of a swimming Protanguilla palau, the newly discovered genus and species of eel
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Palauan primitive cave eel (Protanguilla palau), a 'living fossil'

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A great white shark gaping its jaws at the surface of the water; gaping is used as a form of communication in sharks
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Gaping Jaws of a Great White Shark

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An oil drilling platform in oil-free water two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Oil Drilling Platform in the Gulf of Mexico

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Dolphins swimming among oily patches in the Gulf of Mexico
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Dolphins Swim in Oily Waters

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A photo of zebra mussels clinging together, the mollusks have successfully invaded brackish and freshwater areas across North America.
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Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha)

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A diagram of the different soil layers located at Hare Harbor, Quebec in 2008. Wood chips were located at the deepest layer, then whale bone, then codfish bones.
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Underwater Archaeological Stratigraphy

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A summertime channel carries melted ice to the sea. Antarctica and Greenland lose around 350 billion tons of ice each year from such melting.
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Ice Melt at the Poles

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The Indonesian Archipelago is the heart of the Coral Triangle, a biodiversity hotspot for marine and terrestrial life. This diversity forms an important part of Indonesia's natural, cultural, and economic heritage, its coral reefs alone support nearly 6 mi
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Map of Bali, Indonesia

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The first known filter feeder is a large shrimp-like creature called Tamisiocaris borealis. The feather-like structures on its head were used to rake plankton from the sea.
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The First Filter Feeder

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An illustration of multispecies communities of dugongs from India, Mexico and Florida
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Multispecies Communities of Seacows

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The Macquarie Island site in Australia was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1997. The island is the exposed crest of the undersea Macquarie oceanic ridge, raised to its present position where the Indo-Australian tectonic plate meets the Pacific p
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Macquarie Island, Australia

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