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Tropical hatchetfish, like the one shown in this X-ray photograph, live in the dark depths of the ocean. Like many other deep-sea fishes, they have large eyes and bioluminescent spots on their bellies.
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X-Ray Image of a Tropical Hatchetfish

Tropical hatchetfish (Argyropelecus lychnus), like the one shown in this X-ray...
Stephanocyathus (A.) spiniger, a solitary, deep-water stony coral species, has six long spines that slow it from sinking into soft substrates.
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Solitary Deep-water Corals

These corals from the Smithsonian collections are Stephanocyathus (A.)...
A young visitor holds up his painted fish Gyotaku fish print at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
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Gyotaku Fish Print

Gyotaku is a traditional form of Japanese art that began as a way for fisherman to...
A teacher and a young boy paint a fish mold to create a Gyotaku style print
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Gyotaku Fish Prints

Gyotaku is a traditional form of Japanese art that began as a way for fisherman to...
A submersible’s robotic arm collects gold coral in the Hawaiian Islands. Similar specimens have been dated at more than 2,700 years old.
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Collecting Gold Coral from the Deep Sea

The robotic arm of a Pisces submersible collects a gold coral colony (Gerardia sp.)...
An artist sketches the preserved bones of a specimen in the Smithsonian's collection.
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Flippers, Jawbones, and Blowholes: Marine Specimens Inspire Artists

Rachel Caauwe was one of a dozen artists who spent a recent Saturday sketching...
Students from the Dauphin Island Sea Lab delegation plant smooth cord grass in Mobile Bay, Alabama. Their project is addressing the impacts of rising sea levels on critical coastal habitats through both marsh restoration in the Mobile Bay area and educatio
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Dauphin Island Sea Lab Delegation

What can students do to help the ocean? It turns out, a lot! These students from...
Hawaii students studying the ocean and climate teach kids.
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Waikiki Aquarium Delegation

What can students do to help the ocean? It turns out, a lot! These students from...
Students pose in front of an aquarium tank with fish.
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South Carolina Delegation

What can students do to help the ocean? It turns out, a lot! These South Carolina...
Students studying climate change create an electric car.
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Aquarium of the Pacific Delegation

What can students do to help the ocean? It turns out, a lot! These students from...
Students of the Alaska SeaLife Center delegation.
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Alaska SeaLife Center Delegation

What can students do to help the ocean? It turns out, a lot! These students from...
As Dampier studied the plants he encountered in Australia, he wrote that they were “for the most part unlike any I had seen elsewhere.” In fact, nearly all the plants Dampier observed were entirely unknown to botanists at that time.
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More Australian Plants

As Dampier studied the plants he encountered in Australia, he wrote that they were...

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