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Many Eyes, Many Perspectives: The Astonishing Visual Systems of Hyperiids
In any given scoop of seawater, you will find an assortment of tiny critters called...
January 2020
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Meals of the Mighty Mosasaur
Between 100 and 65 million years ago, at the time when dinosaurs reigned on land,...
November 2018
video
A Rainbow of Colorful Lobsters
Most lobsters are a mottled brown color, but sometimes you can see a strange orange...
Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:41
video
Building Good Mussels
A new wave of farming has come to the ocean. It’s called aquaculture. And it’s...
Mon, 09/21/2015 - 09:47
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Really Small Fry: Shifting Baselines in Marine Fish Stocks
A public service announcement uses a dramatic example to emphasize that ocean fish...
Fri, 12/04/2009 - 12:06
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Visit the Line Islands with Reef Ecologist Dr. Stuart Sandin
A number of questions have inspired marine ecologist Stuart Sandin to...
Mon, 11/30/2009 - 12:55
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The Census of Marine Life
Did you know that over 17,000 species thrive in the deep sea where no light...
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The Hyper Eyes of Hyperiids: How Some Shrimp-Like Creatures See Light in the Deep Sea
Hyperiid amphipods are small crustaceans related to sand fleas and distantly...
Tue, 08/19/2014 - 10:47
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A Bloom of Moon Jellies
In recent years, blooms of jellyfish, such as these moon jellies (Aurita aurita) in...
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Tagged Atlantic Cod
So far, researchers have developed DNA barcodes to accurately identify 4,600 of the...
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Marine Parasites: Crazy…and Really Cool!
Marine parasites may be small in size, but they can be present in very high numbers...
December 2012
video
Searching for Crustaceans in the Deep Sea
In this video Smithsonian research zoologist Dr. Martha Nizinski takes viewers with...
Mon, 03/05/2018 - 09:33