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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...
There are many techniques used to sample the benthic zone.
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Benthic Diving Techniques

Diving to survey, sample, and manage marine life takes a great deal of skill and...
A sea star crawling on an orange finger sponge in Boston Harbor.
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Recovered Boston Harbor Underwater

A sea star crawling on an orange finger sponge in Boston Harbor. ...
Brian Skerry in a room with all his photography equipment cases.
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Brian Skerry's Photography Gear

Brian Skerry warily stares down his photography equipment on board the vessel...
A school of yellowfin surgeonfish feed near dusk off Canton Island in the Phoenix Islands.
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Yellowfin Surgeonfish

A school of yellowfin surgeonfish, Acanthurus xanthopterus, feed near dusk off...
A Florida manatee swims through a channel into a freshwater spring late in the day.
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Florida Manatee

A Florida manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris, swims down a narrow channel into...
A SCUBA diver in taking photographs in the Baltic Sea.
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An Underwater Photographer Battles the Baltic's Cold Waters

The Baltic’s waters are so frigid that the sandy seabed was often frozen during...
Head shot of Dr. Nancy Rabalais of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium.
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Lecture: "Troubled Waters in the Gulf of Mexico"

The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill brought the world's attention to the Gulf of...
Ice divers descend through a hole in the ice.
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Descending Through the Ice

Ice divers Katrin Iken (left) and Elizabeth Siddon are about to descend through a...
Divers deep into the cold waters beneath the ice.
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Diving Beneath the Ice

The world beneath the Arctic ice is magical, but cold. Divers have to tolerate...
Scientists use a multinet to collect zooplankton.
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Launching a Multinet

Scientists use a multinet to collect Arctic zooplankton samples from...
Two divers prepare to explore the Lusitania shipwreck in 1935.
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Divers Explore the Lusitania Shipwreck

Two divers, one in an atmospheric dive suit (left) and the other in standard dive...

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