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Get some mud and a few other ingredients to build an entire ecosystem for bacteria. 
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In this group game, discover how all the players in an ecosystem depend on each other to survive.
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Some people may call invertebrates spineless because they lack a backbone or spine! But these amazing creatures are t...
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What do we have in common with sharks, bluebirds, lizards, and toads? We are all vertebrates, or animals with backbon...
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Plankton are the microscopic organisms of the sea. Just as plants form the basis for the ecosystem on land, phytoplan...
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Make your own bird feeder and record your observations in a bird journal.
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Learn how to create a scientific illustration of a monarch butterfly in a few easy steps!
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Play this game to find out how a law protects animals and plants.
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The seafloor covers more than half of the Earth's surface. Most of the seafloor consists of the flat, expansive abyss...
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All living organisms need energy to live. Organisms such as plants get this energy from the Sun. But animals get this...
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Estuaries are places where a river meets the sea. This ever-changing ecosystem is bursting with life. Saltwater from...
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Your body is more than just you - it is an ecosystem for trillions of tiny microbes. These bacteria, viruses, and oth...
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Found along tropical coastlines, thick mangrove forests were once considered a nuisance, infested with mosquitoes and...
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Think of giant kelp as the Godzilla of the seaweeds.
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The rare Taiwan beech tree grows only in a few forests of northern Taiwan. These are also the only places you'll find...
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As a kid, John Flynn had a rock collection and made lots of trips with his family and school to the American Museum o...
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Have you ever seen pond scum -- that thick, smelly layer of slime floating on the surface of the water? That's probab...
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More than four thousand islands—including one big island—make up this nation in the Caribbean Sea.
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When she was a kid, Ana explored the landscapes of rural Uruguay and Brazil and the many plants and animals that live...
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All animals of the sea depend on plankton, the tiny organisms that drift in the ocean.
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Throughout the world's oceans, tiny particles swirl, drift, and fall like snowflakes from the ocean's upper levels.
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Most ocean plants and animals live near the shore, on a narrow ribbon of seafloor called the continental shelf.
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See how many different plants and animals you can find in this virtual mangrove swamp. 
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Animals and plants are usually adapted to survive best in particular environments, known as their habitats.
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The frigid waters of the Arctic and the Antarctic may seem like hostile habitats. But a variety of marine life -- fro...
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Find out what lives in the deep sea, coral reef, and continental shelf.
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Bustling with a spectacular diversity of life, coral reefs are the rain forests of the oceans.
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Growing up in Argentina, Adriana Aquino loved nature, especially the ocean. As a young girl, she wondered what it wou...
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Most living things need oxygen to survive. Oxygen helps organisms grow, reproduce, and turn food into energy. Humans...
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These creatures have lived in Earth's oceans for over 545 million years!
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Far beneath the ocean's surface is a mysterious world of cold temperatures, intense pressure, and almost total darkne...
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Many animals and plants use color to warn predators to stay away, and the blue ringed octopus is no exception. When t...
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The world's largest flower grows in the rainforests of Southeast Asia. But its enormous, bright red bloom does not fi...
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Ian Harrison first became interested in sea life during family vacations to the southwest coast of England.
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Since he was a boy, Vladimir Ovtsharenko has been fascinated by nature. Growing up, he loved collecting spiders, beet...
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Water is a precious resource, and all things need water to survive.
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How is the ocean like a layer cake? What creatures live there? And how important is the ocean? Take a dive and find out!
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Dinoflagellates are tiny, one-celled organisms that live in oceans and freshwater ponds, rivers, and streams. Some di...
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With their white bellies and dark backs, dolphins can be found jumping above the water, swimming alongside fishing sh...
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The electric eel is long and narrow like an eel, but it is actually not an eel at all. In fact, electric eels are pro...
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It's easy to see how the starfish got its name -- with their pointed arms, these creatures look like stars fallen to...
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Most amphibians start their lives in water, and grow up to live on land. But axolotls live their whole lives in water...
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Scientists figured out a way to take genes from one species and stick them inside the DNA of another species. When a...
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An invasive species is a living thing that moves into a new region. Species often become "invasive" as a re...
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The body of a sawfish may look like a fish, but its long, flat snout sets it apart. Rimmed with razor-sharp points, t...
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All dogs, from the giant Great Dane to the tiny Chihuahua, belong to the same species: Canis familiaris. Within that...
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Like many kids interested in science, Ro Kinzler thought she wanted to be a marine biologist. But later on, she reali...
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The deep sea is not an easy place to explore. To observe the ocean below 2,000 meters (or 6,562 feet), scientists mus...
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About 120 kilometers (75 miles) off the coast of China is the island of Taiwan. Although this country is small, it is...
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The dazzling Magellan's Iridescent Birdwing is found only on Orchid Island, about 60 kilometers off the southeast coa...
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Find out how scientists are using genetics to change the food you eat.
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There is nothing in the world like water. Without it, our world would be a very different place. Water covers over tw...
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Some of Earth's oddest creatures live arounddeep-sea hydrothermal (hot water) vents. These vents spew plumes of hot,...
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You could travel the globe, but there's only one place you'd find a ruffed lemur: Madagascar. It is an endemic specie...
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The Portuguese man-of-war is actually a floating colony of individuals called polyps that are all dependent on each o...
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The snowy egret is a beautiful sight. An adult egret is distinguished by its dark slender beak, long black legs, and...
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You might think that all mosquitoes are alike, but did you know that there are actually about 2,500 different kinds?...
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Are these rare and colorful creatures flowering plants or animals?