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Circular scars from a giant squid sucker on sperm whale skin.
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Giant Squid Sucker Marks

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A shortfin mako glides through the waters off the coast of California.
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The State of Sharks, 40 Years After Jaws

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Who Moved the Beach?

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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The Moon Made Me Do It!

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A veined octopus sits inside a vacant bivalve shell, which it uses as a portable shelter, in the Philippines. This is one of the few examples—if not the only example—of tool use in invertebrates.
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Veined Octopus at Anilao Batangas Pier, Philippines

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animation of scan of ocean floor
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Science in a Time of Crisis: Searching for the Plume

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Tiny bits and pieces of plastic can be found throughout the ocean, like these collected from the open ocean by net.
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Bits of Plastic Marine Debris

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grains of sand collected from Orient Point, Long Island, NY
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Sand from Orient Point, Long Island, New York

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A point made of Ramah Chert that belonged to the early Eskimo group known as the Groswater Dorset Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center
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Early Eskimo Point

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A fragment of European ballamine ceramic that was excavated at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada in 2011
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Fragment of a European Bellarmine Jug

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This male giant squid is on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.
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Male Giant Squid

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Woods Hole researchers sample oil from the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico
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Woods Hole Scientists Respond to the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

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