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a brittle star clings to a pink coral
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Deep-Sea Corals

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The deepest point on earth is the Mariana Trench.
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Mariana Trench

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A polar bear and its cub in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.
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Polar Bear Mother and Cub

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A walrus sits on top of ice.
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One Hundred Names for Sea Ice

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Despite its demonic look, the vampire squid collects and eats drifting particles called "marine snow" using two long, sticky filaments.
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The Vampire Squid from Hell

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Magellanic penguin parents typically lay two eggs under a bush or in a burrow, taking turns swimming out to sea to catch food for their chicks.
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Penguin Health Equals Ocean Health

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Three gray fish swim in front of a large coral head.
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Cabo Pulmo Protected Area

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A reddish-orange nudibranch.
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A Collage of Nudibranch Colors

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Small red hyperiid.
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The Hyper Eyes of Hyperiids: How Some Shrimp-Like Creatures See Light in the Deep Sea

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Instead of creating sculptures like this one, volunteers with Debris Free Bonaire collect and throw out trash. As of May 2014, the group has removed more than 5,650 cubic feet of marine plastic from Bonaire's eastern coastline!
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Cleaning Bonaire's Beaches

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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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Two Adélie penguins face each other while lying on ice.
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Adélie Penguins Face Off

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