Bahamas

A unique underwater shark portrait shows a great hammerhead shark quickly turning, twisting its body into a U shape, its eye close to the camera.

Hammerhead Gaze

By Christine Shepard

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December 13, 2017

This apex predator's widely set eyes give it much better binocular vision than most sharks—just one of several reasons why hammerheads are such successful hunters.

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The roots of mangroves provide critical structure along tropical coastlines, stabilizing the shoreline, absorbing the damaging energy of storms, and providing critical habitat for many ocean creatures. Photograph by Danita Delimont/Getty

Model Island

By David Butvill

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May 16, 2017

New work in the Bahamas proves that economic prosperity and ecological health can go hand in hand.