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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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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem
Laysan albatrosses (Phoebastria immutabilis) are incredible birds. They have a...
Fri, 05/10/2013 - 14:47

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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

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Zooplankton in the Eye of a Needle
Zooplankton are small—but do you know just how small? This drop of water smaller...
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Lacy Crust Bryozoan
This colony of a lacy crust bryozoan (Membranipora membranacea) started off as just...
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Glassy Radiolarian Beauty
The shells of radiolarians rank among some of the treasures of the ocean, with...
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Deep-sea Copepod Gets a Close-up
This female deep-sea copepod (Pontostratiotes sp.) was collected in the...
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A Diatom Helix
This beautiful marine diatom Chaetoceros debilis was caught in the North Sea. Not...
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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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