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Oceans

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Did Broken Buoys Fail to Warn Victims of the Mentawai Tsunami?

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Ocean More Diverse than Expected, Census Finds

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The World’s Oldest Living Organisms

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Hurricanes’ Dangerous Rip Currents

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A Jellyfish Summer

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The Mimic Octopus

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Hurricanes and the Color of the Oceans

Jellyfish such as these Northeast Pacific sea nettles in Monterey Bay Aquarium, are brainless, bloodless and mostly aimless.

Jellyfish: The Next King of the Sea

As the world’s oceans are degraded, will they be dominated by jellyfish?

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A Coral Reef Constructed From Yarn

This fall, a different kind of coral reef will be on display in the National Museum of Natural History’s Ocean Hall

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A Wealth of New Species

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Oceans of Plastic

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Dolphins Are Efficient Eaters

A large oil slick floats about a mile off Perdido Key, FL, where cleanup crews worked to recover the oil, Saturday, June 12, 2010.

Five Myths of the Gulf Oil Spill

Myth number one: Oil spills are rare

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Should Oiled Birds Be Cleaned?

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How Sharks Sniff Out a Meal

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Crazy Crab Migrations

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Ocean Currents are Highways for Crocodiles

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Hurricane Grazes the Arabian Peninsula

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Coral Atolls Rise With the Seas

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Seven Endangered Seabirds Around the World

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