reef
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The film cuts to a hummingbird sipping nectar from a flower on a cactus, a sea turtle floating over a coral reef, pink flamingos on a green lake, a snowflake, a butterfly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
The reef is home to a small Philippine military outpost aboard the BRP Sierra Madre, a rusting World War Two-era ship deliberately grounded there in 1999 to assert Manila's claim to the territory.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Martindale and her research team, including Stéphane Bodin of Aarhus University, were exploring the rugged valley to study the ecology of ancient reef systems that once existed there when the area lay beneath the ocean.
From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026
When the small reef fish were given access to a mirror, they did more than simply recognize their reflections.
From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026
We watch the whitewater churn at the edge of the reef as we drive past Dillingham Airfield.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
Vocabulary lists containing reef
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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Physical Geography - High School
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