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BLOG POSTSo You Think You're Smarter Than a Cephalopod?The blanket octopus can rip a poisonous tentacle from a Portuguese man-o-war and wield it like a sword to ward off enemies as it soars through the ocean trailing its webbed cloak behind it....MORE STORIES |
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AUDIO MORE AUDIOSea Slugs: One Species at a TimeCome one, come all! See the amazing, the astonishing, half-animal, half-plant! J... |
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BLOG POST MORE STORIESSurveying Life On Sea Turtles“It is strange to think of a sea turtle as an ecosystem,” says Amanda Feuerstein... |
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PHOTO MORE PHOTOSAmphipod Under Arctic Sea IceSeveral species of amphipod like this one, Gammarus wilkitzkii, live permanently... |
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Elevator RudistsMay 1, 2013 - 9:48AMThese "elevator" rudists, an ancient bivalve, used one long heavy valve to anchor themselves in the sediment. They used their tentacles (shown here in pink) to filter food from the sea water. Discover more about the ancient... |
Jan 18, 2013 - 10:28AM
For a long time, scientists thought that some small tentacled fossils were...
Aug 21, 2012 - 8:51AM
This early whale was well suited to life at sea. But it also lived on land....
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Bioluminescent Animals Photo GalleryBioluminescence is one of the more captivating adaptations that have evolved in marine animals. It's the ability of... |
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