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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

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A Squalodontid Success
On a beach in Piña, Panama the tide is rolling out. Faint outlines of skeletal...
Wed, 06/22/2011 - 17:47
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Two Views of Coral Reefs: Thriving and Threatened
Coral reefs are beautiful, vibrant ecosystems that house roughly one quarter of all...
Tue, 12/15/2009 - 11:19

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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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The Bobbit Worm
There aren't any mummies or zombies buried under the seafloor: instead the ocean...
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Syllid Fireworms
Syllid fireworms are a part of the Syllidae family, which is a type of...
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Purple Sea Urchin
This purple urchin Paleopneustes cristatus is seldom seen by itself, and...
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A Baby Moray Eel, or a Really Small Adult?
This is an unidentified moray eel, collected from 650 feet off the coast of...
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Smithsonian Scientists Describe a New Fossil Whale
Monodontids, the group of whales that includes living belugas and narwhals, are...
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Dugong Feeding
Dugongs, along with manatees, make up a group of marine mammals called sirenians or...
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Exploring Chile's Marine Fossil Record in the Atacama Desert
Smithsonian curator of fossil marine mammals Nick Pyenson and a team of...
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