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Japanese scientists videotaped this female giant squid, alive, at the water's surface
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Giant Squid

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An 'austral' or southern breeder, Great Shearwaters (Ardenna gravis) migrate from breeding islands far to the south in the Atlantic before traveling to the Northern Atlantic to feed.
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12,000 Miles to Go: Migrating with Shearwaters

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On coral reefs fish are important links in the food chain that sustains higher-order predators (including humans) and keeps everything in balance.
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Fish Get Risky Around Oil

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Lenticulina secans-- this “benthic” foram lives on the seafloor. This specimen was collected from southeastern Tanzania.
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Lenticulina secans

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Riftia tubeworm (Riftia pachyptila) colonies near hot spring.
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Tubeworms on a Hydrothermal Vent

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The Papahanaumokuakea site in the United States was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2010. The site is a vast isolated cluster of small low-lying islands and atolls surrounded by ocean that provides safe habitat for endangered species like the green
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Papahanaumokuakea, United States

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The coral reefs of Ujung Kulon National Park in Indonesia, a World Heritage site, are dominated by a small number of coral species and support some of the richest fish fauna in the Indonesian archipelago.
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Ujung Kulon National Park, Indonesia

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Screenshot from "A Mosaic of Ocean Habitats" video of a tentacled jellyfish seen from the bottom underwater.
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A Mosaic of Ocean Habitats: A Video by National Geographic and the Census of Marine Life

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A puffin with a mouthful of fish.
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Watching for Fish in the Puffin's Beak

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A transparent ctenophore in dark water.
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A Ctenophore Feeds

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Photo collage of six species of invertebrates.
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Invertebrates from the Gulf of Mexico

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