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A red deep-sea fish specimen.
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A Fish that Looks Like a Whale

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Screenshot from video of a red whalefish swimming in the ocean.
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Whalefish Swimming in the Ocean

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A piece of the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef exhibit.
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When Art Meets Science: The Hyberbolic Crochet Coral Reef

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A piece of the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef exhibit.
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A Rainbow of Crocheted Corals

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Dr. Robert Ballard with an ROV
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Five Questions for Robert Ballard

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Dr. Robert Ballard with an ROV
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Dr. Robert Ballard

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This 1890 painting of Charles Darwin is on display at the Turin Museum of Human Anatomy.
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Charles Darwin

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Dampier explored this area of Western Australia and named it Shark Bay because of the "abundance" of sharks in the waters. It is now a World Heritage site.
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Around the World Again...and Again

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As soon as Dampier set foot in Australia, he began making observations and collecting specimens of plants, which he carefully pressed between the pages of books to be studied by the “ingenious” and “curious” upon his return to England. As Dampier conducted his investigations, his artist made detailed sketches like these.
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Discoveries in Australia and New Guinea

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Dampier explored this area of Western Australia and named it Shark Bay because of the "abundance" of sharks in the waters. It is now a World Heritage site.
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Dampier and Shark Bay, Australia

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This painting of swarthy buccaneers in the midst of a fierce battle was painted by the prolific American marine painter Frederick J. Waugh, and won the Thomas B. Clarke award in 1910 for the best American figure composition.
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The Buccaneers painting

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