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This recently discovered hairy crab species (Kiwa hirsuta) has no eyes.
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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...
April 2018
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...
Benthic scientists are interested in organisms on the seafloor.
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The ‘Mud People'

Benthic scientists are interested in the creatures that live on and in the seafloor...
Scientists use this box corer to study marine life.
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Launching a Box Corer

To learn more about the creatures living on the Arctic seafloor, scientists use a...
On average, Arctic sea ice has decreased by four percent per decade since the late 1970s.
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Ice Melt in Iceland

On average, Arctic sea ice has decreased by four percent per decade since the late...
Geologist Charles Paull (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) investigates geologic features similar to pingos on the Arctic Ocean floor where methane bubbles through sediments and forms hundreds of low hills. On land, a pingo is a place where permafrost bulges beneath a dried lake bed like this one in northern Canada.
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Ocean “Pingos”

Geologist Charles Paull (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) investigates...
Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Tale of a Whale

Students exercise their observation skills to do some of the actual work of marine...
Tue, 11/24/2009 - 15:03
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data of sea ice coverage in the Arctic
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Arctic Sea Ice Extent Graph

This graph of the Arctic sea ice coverage shows data from recent years. The graph...
Students share a microscope to get a closer look at plankton samples from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.
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Students Study Plankton

Students in Monterey Bay share a microscope to get a closer look at plankton...
The Encyclopedia of Life brings us another installment of the podcast, One Species at a Time. In this podcast, host Ari Daniel Shapiro relates two close calls with polar bears. Listen as Heather Cray recalls how, dumped by a storm on a small Arct
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Polar Bears: One Species at a Time

The Encyclopedia of Life brings us another installment of the podcast, One...
Tue, 06/28/2011 - 14:25
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