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A close up of a grey whale face
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Nature's Best Photography 2018

Explore the winning photos from the 2018 Nature's Best Photography contest! Every...
Mon, 10/15/2018 - 13:05
fish swim in a net
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Reducing Bycatch

Bycatch, the name given to fish and other ocean animals that are caught...
Fri, 01/14/2011 - 12:18
a giant squid specimen
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Clyde Roper: Squid Hunter - Eyeball to Eyeball

Dr. Clyde Roper, squid expert, explains how he developed a passionate interest in...
Tue, 08/24/2010 - 09:54
a squid in blue water
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Quest for the Giant Squid

Watch a Discovery video on Smithsonian squid expert Clyde Roper’s search for...
Fri, 11/20/2009 - 16:17
The Peninsula Valdes in Argentina was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1999. The site is home to important breeding populations of the endangered southern right whale (Eubalaena australis), southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), and southern sea
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Marine World Heritage Photo Gallery

Marine World Heritage is a prestigious list of 43 marine ecosystems and...
Tue, 11/09/2010 - 11:54
A spiraled diatom with spines.
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The Ocean Under the Microscope: Images from Nikon Small World

The ocean is so big that it can be easy to forget the microscopic beauty of the...
Wed, 04/30/2014 - 10:34
Phoenix the right whale diving in North Atlantic.
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A Tale of a Right Whale

Suspended at the center of the Sant Ocean Hall is a life-size model of a North...
Wed, 09/30/2009 - 15:58
Hagfish Slime Thread
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Spin Hagfish Slime into Silk

Believe it or not, this unraveling thread is from hagfish slime. Hagfish are...
Red Algae
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Branching Red Algae

Under the microscope, you can peer inside the cells of this filamentous red algae....
Deep-sea Copepod Head
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Deep-sea Copepod Gets a Close-up

This female deep-sea copepod (Pontostratiotes sp.) was collected in the...
Tardigrade Under the Microscope
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Psychedelic Tardigrade

Tardigrades, which are usually less than 1 mm long, can be found in almost every...
Sunset over a fishing net.
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Technology and Sea Turtles

Sea turtles may have survived the planetary changes that killed the dinosaurs, but...

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