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Tiny "flakes" of marine snow.
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Marine Snow: A Staple of the Deep

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A wildlife biologist surveys oiled algae
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Breaking Down the Myths and Misconceptions About the Gulf Oil Spill

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A coral head in the Mesoamerican Reef has both bleached and living coral. The white sections are bleached and the brown parts still contain zooxanthellae, the symbiotic algae that provide food to their coral hosts.
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Coral Under Pressure: Monitoring Bleaching In Real Time

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a group of ichthyosaurs swims at the ocean's surface
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Mystery of An Ichthyosaur Graveyard Revealed

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A sea turtle swimming
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Sea Turtles

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A dark sky with each stage of the solar eclipse above neon signs.
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How Marine Life Responds When the Sky Goes Dark

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The coastline of American Samoa National Marine Sanctuary
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The Reefs of American Samoa: A Story of Hope

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a sunken propeller becomes overtaken by a reef with two scuba diver in the background
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When Wrecks Become Reefs

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Although in reality an ichthyosaur and plesiosaur would have likely never battled, this widely shared lithograph by artist, geologist and paleontologist Henry De la Beche even inspired author Jules Verne to pen a similar scene in his book, Journey to the C
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Unearthing History: Mary Anning's Hunt for Prehistoric Ocean Giants

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An opah at the Honolulu Fish Auction with a printed label attached that includes an ID number, bar code, the date, the receiver's ID number, the cart number, species name, vessel name, and weight of the fish.
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“Storied Fish”: Why Sustainable Seafood Requires A Tale

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A coral has just spawned. Each of the hundreds of polyps releases a small pink bundle of sperm and eggs.
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A Tale of Sex and Stress in the Ocean

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography's FLoating Instrument Platform, or FLIP, conducts sea trials off San Diego in May 2009.
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Happy 50th Birthday, FLIP – a Mobile Research Island

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