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  • The frogfish uses camouflage to hide from predators.

    Three-spot Frogfish
    Apr 1 2013 - 9:36am
    The three-spot frogfish (Lophiocharon trisignatus), seen here off the coast of Western Australia, looks like it might just be a rock or a part of the sea floor! Frogfish use various methods of...
  • Sea star in a tide pool

    Tide Pools and Adaptations
    May 23 2011 - 3:50pm
    Adaptation is the key word if you are looking to survive in a tide pool, a space that some scientists describe as the most competitive real estate in the ocean. Tide pools are exposed to the water's...
  • Three bar jacks and a female tiger shark swim through the ocean off the coast of the Bahamas.

    Tiger Shark
    Sep 29 2011 - 1:53pm
    Three bar jacks and a female tiger shark, nearly 4-meters long, swim off the coast of the Bahamas in this image captured by National Geographic photojournalist Brian Skerry. 
  • The sargassum hosts bryozoans, hydroids and more obviously, crustaceans like a baby swimming crab.

    Tiny crab in the sargassum
    May 18 2012 - 5:17pm
    The sargassum is coated with encrusting organisms, such as bryozoans and hydroids, that use it as a perch to filter feed in the oceanic waters, as well as crustaceans such as the swimming...
  • <p>The toothy goby or common ghost goby (<em>Pleurosicya mossambica</em>) has a commensal relationship with soft corals and sponges in the Indo-Pacific ocean.</p>

    Toothy Goby in Coral
    Jan 8 2013 - 10:21am
    The toothy goby or common ghost goby (Pleurosicya mossambica) lives among soft corals and sponges in the Indo-Pacific ocean. The relationship it has with its host is commensal, which means the goby...
  • Follow Omoo, a Great White Shark, at she swims across the Pacific.

    TOPP cartoon of Omoo
    Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am
    Omoo, a Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias), carries a satellite tag that sends information daily about her movements across the Pacific. Follow her migration real-time. More about the great...
  • When we use fossil fuels to power our cars, homes, and businesses, we put heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

    Tracking Ocean Acidification
    Jul 9 2010 - 3:22pm
    Fossil fuels that power our cars, homes, and businesses add carbon dioxide (CO2) to the atmosphere. The ocean absorbs large portions of this CO2 and acts as a buffer against climate change. But, Dr....
  • Dr. Brendan Roark discusses different methods of sampling deep-sea corals with undergraduate students at Texas A&M University.

    Training Future Scientists
    Jul 27 2011 - 11:07am
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  • Census researchers discovered this sea cucumber (Enypniastes sp.) in the Gulf of Mexico.

    Transparent Sea Cucumber
    Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am
    Census of Marine Life researchers discovered this unusual transparent sea cucumber (Enypniastes sp.) in the Gulf of Mexico. It creeps forward on its tentacles, sweeping detritus-rich sediment into...
  • Jellies in the Class Hydrozoa are transparent and easily overlooked.

    Transparent sea jelly
    Jan 6 2011 - 12:38pm
    Many jellyfish in the class Hydrozoa, such as this hydromedusa Aglantha digitale, are transparent and easily overlooked. Learn more about hydrozoan jellies and other jellyfish, and see more pictures...
  • Cancer cells treated with discodermolide, a chemical from a sponge found on deep-sea coral reefs.

    Treated Cancer Cells
    Jan 9 2013 - 10:51am
    These cancer cells have been treated with discodermolide, a chemical obtained from a sponge that grows on deep-sea coral reefs. It prevents the cells from dividing and spreading. Learn more about...
  • Flattened against a leaf, a tree frog blends right in with the mangroves.

    Tree Frog
    Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am
    Flattened against a leaf, a tree frog blends right in with the mangroves. More about mangroves can be found in our Mangroves featured story.