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  • Antonio A. Mignucci-Giannoni, VT PhD, the director of the Manatee Conservation Center and Professor of Marine Sciences—Inter American University is photographed in his office at the Manatee Conservation Center. Image release available.
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  • Marine conservation photojournalist Shane Gross
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  • Scientist Bo Lusk teaches volunteers with The Nature Conservancy about bay scallops and seagrass in Virginia, USA during the annual seagrass seed collection for the world's largest seagrass restoration project.
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  • Veterinarian Lesly Cabrias performs surgery on an abandoned manatee calf at the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico. Image release available.
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  • Veterinarian Lesly Cabrias and scientists Kevin Perez and Monica Cruz return an abandoned manatee calf to her pool after treatment at the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico.
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  • Scientists and veterinarians feed a recovering loggerhead sea turtle at the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico.
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  • An adult male manatee in a rehabilitation tank at the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico investigates the camera.
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  • An almost-blind hawksbill sea turle in a recovery tank at the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico after being dragged by hooks in her eyes by fisherman looking to eat her.
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  • Dayna Mar Gomez, a marine scientist with the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico, feeds Moana, the baby Manatee. Image release available.
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  • Pelican plays and feeds at the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico.
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  • Scientists and veterinarians feed a recovering loggerhead sea turtle at the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico.
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  • Dayna Mar Gomez, a marine scientist with the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico, feeds Moana, the baby Manatee. Image release available.
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  • An adult male manatee in a rehabilitation tank at the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico. Among other issues this manatee is negatively buoyant and "stands" on his tail to breath and feed.
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  • Dayna Mar Gomez, a marine scientist with the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico, feeds Moana, the baby Manatee. Image release available.
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  • Researchers Kevin Perez and Laura Soler feed a green sea turtle with cancer at the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico. Image release available.
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  • Dayna Mar Gomez, a marine scientist with the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico, feeds Moana, the baby Manatee. Image release available.
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  • Scientist Monica Cruz braces a baby manatee while veterenarians treat the calf at the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico.
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  • Scientists and veterenarians treat an abandoned manatee calf at the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico.
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  • Volunteers add medicine to a herring fish to be fed to a sick sea turtle at the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico.
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  • An adult male manatee in a rehabilitation tank at the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico. Among other issues this manatee is negatively buoyant and "stands" on his tail to breath and feed.
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  • An adult male manatee in a rehabilitation tank at the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico. Among other issues this manatee is negatively buoyant and will use the red ball to help him float.
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  • An adult male manatee in a rehabilitation tank at the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico. Among other issues this manatee is negatively buoyant and will use the red ball to help him float.
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  • Dayna Mar Gomez, a marine scientist with the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico, feeds Moana, the baby Manatee. Image release available.
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  • Veterinarian Lesly Cabrias performs surgery on an abandoned manatee calf at the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico. Image release available.
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  • Scientists from the Cape Eleuthera Institute catch a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), take samples, tag and release her. The long-term study is to determine best practices for turtle conservation.
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  • Bay scallops (Argopecten irradians) being given a helping hand by researchers from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS). Seagrass disappeared from the area in the 1930's and with the seagrass went the scallop fishery, the largest in the USA at the time. Their re-imergence is considered a major conservation victory. Image made off Virginia, USA.
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  • Heriberto Martir from the University of Puerto Rico's "Vida Marina" inspects his work. Wooden steaks from discarded pallets placed in a matrix change wind patterns to build up sand dunes along the north coast of Puerto Rico. "Vida Marina"  focuses on the management and ecological restoration and conservation of coastal ecosystems, endemic plants and marine turtle species. This project aims to restore sand dunes for coastal protection during storms, nesting sea turtles and other benefits. Image release available.
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  • Tilapia are raised in a tank at the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico.
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  • Heriberto Martir from the University of Puerto Rico's "Vida Marina" inspects his work. Wooden steaks from discarded pallets placed in a matrix change wind patterns to build up sand dunes along the north coast of Puerto Rico. "Vida Marina"  focuses on the management and ecological restoration and conservation of coastal ecosystems, endemic plants and marine turtle species. This project aims to restore sand dunes for coastal protection during storms, nesting sea turtles and other benefits. Image release available.
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  • Bay scallops (Argopecten irradians) being given a helping hand by researchers from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS). Seagrass disappeared from the area in the 1930's and with the seagrass went the scallop fishery, the largest in the USA at the time. Their re-imergence is considered a major conservation victory. Image made off Virginia, USA.
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  • A volunteer feeds injured pelicans at the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico.
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  • An adult male manatee in a rehabilitation tank at the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico.
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  • Tilapia are raised in a tank at the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico.
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  • Scientists and veterenarians return an abandoned manatee calf to her pool after treatment at the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico.
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  • Veterinarian Lesly Cabrias and scientist Kevin Perez return an abandoned manatee calf to her pool after treatment at the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico. Image release available.
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  • Scientist Monica Cruz braces a baby manatee while veterenarians treat the calf at the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico.
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  • Scientists feed a green sea turtle with cancer - you can see cancerous growths around the eye - at the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico.
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  • A volunteer feeds injured pelicans at the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico.
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  • Luis D. Amayo from the University of Puerto Rico's Vida Marina program constructs an elevated walkway to help built up the sand dunes for coastal protection and nesting sea turtles along the north coast of Puerto Rico. As people walk over the same part of a sand dune it wears away the dune creating weaknesses for large waves to break through. "Vida Marina"  focuses on the management, ecological restoration and conservation of coastal ecosystems, endemic plants and marine turtle species. Image release available.
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  • Heriberto Martir (right) and Luis D. Amayo from the University of Puerto Rico's Vida Marina program construct a walkway to help built up the sand dunes for coastal protection and nesting sea turtles. As people walk over the same part of a sand dune it wears away the dune creating weaknesses for large waves to break through. "Vida Marina"  focuses on the management, ecological restoration and conservation of coastal ecosystems, endemic plants and marine turtle species. Image release available.
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  • Heriberto Martir from the University of Puerto Rico's "Vida Marina" inspects his work. Wooden steaks from discarded pallets placed in a matrix change wind patterns to build up sand dunes along the north coast of Puerto Rico. "Vida Marina"  focuses on the management and ecological restoration and conservation of coastal ecosystems, endemic plants and marine turtle species. This project aims to restore sand dunes for coastal protection during storms, nesting sea turtles and other benefits. Image release available.
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  • Veterinarian Lesly Cabrias and scientist Kevin Perez return an abandoned manatee calf to her pool after treatment at the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico106.jpg
  • Scientists feed a green sea turtle with cancer - you can see cancerous growths around the eye - at the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico.
    Gross_PuertoRico102.jpg
  • Heriberto Martir (right) and Luis D. Amayo from the University of Puerto Rico's Vida Marina program construct a walkway to help built up the sand dunes for coastal protection and nesting sea turtles. As people walk over the same part of a sand dune it wears away the dune creating weaknesses for large waves to break through. "Vida Marina"  focuses on the management, ecological restoration and conservation of coastal ecosystems, endemic plants and marine turtle species. Image release available.
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  • A volunteer feeds injured pelicans at the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico.
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  • Professor Robert "JJ" Orth shows off a bay scallop (Argopecten irradians) he found while collecting eelgrass (Zostera marina), a type of seagrass, seeds for the world's largest seagrass restoration project. Seagrass disappeared from the area in the 1930's and with the seagrass went the scallop fishery, the largest in the USA at the time. Their re-emergence is considered a major conservation victory. Image made off Virginia, USA.
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  • Scientists with The Nature Conservancy use their bodies to stir eelgrass (Zostera marina) in large vats where seagrass seeds will seperate from the leaves for later dispersal. This seagrass restoration project in Virginia, USA is the largest and most successful in the world.
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  • Scientist Bo Lusk with The Nature Conservancy teaches a volunteer what to look for while collecting eelgrass (Zostera marina) seeds for a seagrass restoration project off Virginia, USA.
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  • A volunteer with The Nature Conservancy collects shoots of eelgrass (Zostera marina) with seeds as part of the world's largest seagrass restoration project lead by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) in Virginia, USA.
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  • A researcher with The Nature Conservancy adds eelgrass (Zostera marina) to a large vat where seagrass seeds will seperate from the leaves for later dispersal. This seagrass restoration project in Virginia, USA is the largest and most successful in the world.
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  • A volunteer with The Nature Conservancy collects shoots of eelgrass (Zostera marina) with seeds as part of the world's largest seagrass restoration project lead by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) in Virginia, USA.
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  • A volunteer with The Nature Conservancy collects shoots of eelgrass (Zostera marina) with seeds as part of the world's largest seagrass restoration project lead by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) in Virginia, USA.
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  • A volunteer with The Nature Conservancy collects shoots of eelgrass (Zostera marina) with seeds as part of the world's largest seagrass restoration project lead by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) in Virginia, USA.
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  • How do you restore 9000 acres of seagrass? One handful at a time. A volunteer with The Nature Conservancy grabs a handful of eelgrass (Zostera marina) flowering shoots, containing seeds. The seeds will be used to contribute to the world's largest seagrass restoration project off Virginia's East Coast.<br />
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Seagrass sequesters carbon more efficiently than rainforests and this technique is being repeated now off the coast of the United Kingdom. These restorations could really help in our fight against climate change.<br />
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Seagrass in the area was wiped out by disease, bottom trawling and a hurricane in 1933, killing a major scallop fishery in the process. In the early 2000's Dr. Robert J. Orth started the restoration project with the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. To date, the project has restored over 9000 acres of seagrass meadows. The benefits are already showing and a recreational scallop fishery may be in the near future.
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  • A volunteer with The Nature Conservancy collects shoots of eelgrass (Zostera marina) with seeds as part of the world's largest seagrass restoration project lead by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) in Virginia, USA.
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  • A volunteer with The Nature Conservancy collects shoots of eelgrass (Zostera marina) with seeds as part of the world's largest seagrass restoration project lead by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) in Virginia, USA.
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  • A manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) calf named Sayle had her right flipper entangled in fishing line. After the veterinarian removed the line he took a blood sample to check for possible infections. The vets, scientists and conservationists helped as much as possible, but the young manatee died a couple weeks after this image was made.
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  • Renowned manatee scientist Jim Reid places a satellite tag on a pregnant manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) named Gina in the Bahamas
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  • Scientists are predicting a queen conch (Lobatus gigas) fishery collapse is imminent, but how best to protect them is heatedly debated. Conch are the national food of the Bahamas and important culturally, economically and ecologically.
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  • A plastic bottle cap floating at the surface in the ocean off The Bahamas.
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  • A plastic bottle cap floats at the surface among sargassum seaweed (sargassum natans) in the Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean.
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  • A large plastic bottle cap floats at the surface among sargassum seaweed (sargassum natans) in the Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean.
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  • Philippine dive guide Nhato Reuyan pours sand over a crown-of-thorns sea star. Although not an invasive species, outbreaks of this "star fish" can contribute to coral reef declines as they are highly efficient at eating coral. The topic of killing them to help reefs is controversial.
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  • Marine biologist Tanya Kamerman collects Coralliophila abbreviata (recently changed to C. galea) a type of snail that are an indigenous coral predator that have become a greater concern with the decline of coral populations. Currently they are working on finding what their key predators are so we can better protect coral reefs and help restore the balance of the ecosystem.
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  • A sargassum swimming crab (Portunus sayi) takes shelter in a drifting plastic bag. Ocean currents bring floating mats of sargassum and, increasingly, plastic and other debris together. It is estimated plastic will out-weigh fish by 2050 if trends continue. Image made off Contoy Island, Mexico.
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  • A driftnet catches flying fish off Sri Lanka
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  • A school of tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) is captured in a fishing net.
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  • A jellyfish is accidentally caught in a seine net fishing for tuna.
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  • A nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) illegally trapped in a fish pot or fish trap. Each year the Bahamas closes the nassau grouper fishery to allow the fish time and space to spawn. Lack of enforcement means fisherman can easily break the law and catch the fish. Nassau grouper are now considered critically endangered species yet are still widely available on restaurant menus.
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  • Discarded fishing nets litter a mangrove creek in The Bahamas.
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  • An invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) takes shelter near a discarded plastic oil container in The Bahamas.
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  • A male southern stingray (Hypanus americanus) shoots water out of his mouth while being turned upside down by researchers getting a small tissue sample for genetic analysis in The Bahamas.
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  • A scuba diver tries to free a large fishing net or ghost net from a coral reef in The Bahamas.
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  • A scuba diver tries to free a large fishing net or ghost net from a coral reef in The Bahamas. Note - previously sold as RF
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  • A scuba diver tries to free a large fishing net or ghost net from a coral reef in The Bahamas.
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  • A green sea turtle tangled in fishing line and drown.
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  • Scuba divers remove a large fishing net or ghost net from a coral reef in The Bahamas.
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  • A scuba diver tries to free a large fishing net or ghost net from a coral reef in The Bahamas.
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  • Scuba divers remove a large fishing net or ghost net from a coral reef in The Bahamas.
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  • Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) and machinery that was once used to process whales and seals at the whaling station in Grytviken, South Georgia Island.
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  • Commercial diver Jamie Smith of the SeaChange Society plants eelgrass (Zostera marina) into an area that historically had lush seagrass beds, but were wiped out due to human activity.
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  • Commercial diver Jamie Smith of the SeaChange Society plants eelgrass (Zostera marina) into an area that historically had lush seagrass beds, but were wiped out due to human activity.
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  • Commercial diver Jamie Smith of the SeaChange Society plants eelgrass (Zostera marina) into an area that historically had lush seagrass beds, but were wiped out due to human activity.
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  • Neptune seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain. One patch is considered to be the oldest living organism on Earth.
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  • Flying fish (Exocoetidae) caught and drowned in a drift net off the coast of Sri Lanka.
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  • A southern elephant seal weaner (Mirounga leonina) rests next to a whale bone between former whaling and sealing vessels in Grytviken, South Georgia
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  • Volunteers with the SeaChange society prepare eelgrass (Zostera marina) for transplant as part of a seagrass restoration effort in Cowichan Bay, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
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  • American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) in seagrass bed. Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba.
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  • A baited remote underwater video (BRUV) setup by scientists to determine predator abudance in The Bahamas.
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  • Lemon shark pups (Negaprion brevirostris) spend the first 5-8 years of their life in mangrove forests. The tangle of roots provides protection from predators like large sharks and is full of potential prey like juvenile fish and crabs. Lemon sharks are the first species of shark proven to practice natal philopatry where the mother will return to the same area she was born in to give birth. Mangroves are being lost at unsustainable rates thanks to coastal development. Image made on Eleuthera, Bahamas.
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  • Marine Biologist Olivia Rhoades tends to her experiment on seagrass herbivory. An action camera records which animals are feeding on the seagrass and bite marks indicate frequency. Image made off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
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  • Marine Ecologist Dr. Olivia Rhoades tends to her experiment on seagrass predators and scavengers in The Bahamas.
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  • Mangroves are habitat for commercially important species such as these snapper. Lemon sharks depend on mangroves for the survival of the first 5-8 years of their lives. Mangroves are disappearing throughout the world and the fate of the lemon shark is left in the balance. We need to get proper protections for the world's mangroves and then enforce them.
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  • Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) in Stromness - an abandoned whaling station on the northern coast of South Georgia Island.
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  • Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) on land, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean
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  • Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) on land, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean
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  • King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) chick in the rain on St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island. The chicks down does not handle rain as well as it does snow. Rain can chill the chicks and put them in mortal danger. It is raining more and snowing less due to climate change.
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  • King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) chick in the rain on St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island. The chicks down does not handle rain as well as it does snow. Rain can chill the chicks and put them in mortal danger. It is raining more and snowing less due to climate change.
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  • Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) swimming, Elsehul, South Georgia Island.
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  • Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) in tussock grass, Gold Harbor, South Georgia Island.
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