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The Peninsula Valdes in Argentina was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1999. The site is home to important breeding populations of the endangered southern right whale (Eubalaena australis), southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), and southern sea
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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
Close-up photograph of translucent coral polyps, showing the symbiotic algae living inside.
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Zooxanthellae and Coral Bleaching

Tiny plant-like organisms called zooxanthellae live in the tissues of many animals,...
Thu, 12/03/2009 - 12:14
Colorful fishes throng a reef in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
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Bizarre and Beautiful Coral Reef Animals

From parrotfish that cover themselves in a blanket of their own mucus to tiny pygmy...
Fri, 12/04/2009 - 14:05
This new species of lobster (Dinochelus ausubeli) is blind and has bizarre claws. It was discovered about 300 meters (984 feet) deep in the Philippine Sea by a Census of Marine Life expedition.
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Deep Ocean Diversity Slideshow

Deep sea animals have to live in a very cold, dark, and high-pressure environment...
Tue, 12/08/2009 - 15:08
Small red hyperiid.
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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
Mangrove roots provide an underwater habitat for many marine species.
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Mangroves: Photos of Plants and Animals

Mangrove is the name for a tree—and also for a complex ecosystem—that bridges...
Mon, 09/29/2014 - 11:48
Three hyperiids, each with two large eyes and red body showing through their translucent bodies.
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Themisto

These Themisto hyperiids live in the top 200 meters of cold waters around the...
A side-view of a translucent phronima with a large red eye.
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Phronima Alien

This is another view of Phronima from the side. The eyes take up most of the head,...
A translucent, female hyperiid surrounded by white young in a barrel-shaped body cavity.
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Phronima Female and Young

This female hyperiid (Phronima sedentaria) is surrounded by her young, residing in...
Two small, translucent hyperiids with very large eyes.
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Paraphromina

This much smaller hyperiid (in the genus Paraphromina) has eyes that make up...
A side-view of translucent hyperiid with a black background.
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Cystisoma

This hyperiid (in the genus Cystisoma) has only one pair of eyes—but they are...
A red Scypholanceola aestiva stares at the screen with large orange eyes.
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Scypholanceola aestiva

Scypholanceola aestiva looks like an armored alien of the deep. It doesn’t have...

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