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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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Under Arctic Ice
Hidden beneath Arctic ice is a world few have ever seen. Take the icy plunge with a...
Tue, 01/04/2011 - 14:48

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Spin Hagfish Slime into Silk
Believe it or not, this unraveling thread is from hagfish slime. Hagfish are...
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Short-tailed Albatross
In the 1940s the short-tailed albatross population plummeted from tens of millions...
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Black-Capped Petrel
Once common in the West Indies, the Black Capped Petrel (Pterodroma hasitata),...
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Audubon's Shearwater
One of the smallest shearwaters in the Atlantic, Audubon's Shearwater (Puffinus...
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Sooty Shearwater
Sooty Shearwaters (Ardenna grisea) are the migration kings of the ocean and cover...
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Weddell Seal in Antarctic Water
Weddell seals grind their teeth on holes in the ice to keep them open to their...
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Laysan Albatross with a Chick
The Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) breeds mainly in Hawaii and other...
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'Blue Marble' Image of the Earth
'Blue Marble' image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA's most...
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Launching an ROV
The Arctic is one of the most remote and uncharted areas of the world. With all the...
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