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The First Filter Feeder
Today, filter feeders like clams, sponges, krill, baleen whales, fishes, and many...
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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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How Mangroves Deal with Saltwater
Looking at a white mangrove (Avicennia marina) leaf cross-section under the...
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Close-Up of Dover Sole Skin
This close-up of the skin of dover sole (Solea solea) masks its true ability: to...
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Branching Red Algae
Under the microscope, you can peer inside the cells of this filamentous red algae....
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A Diatom Helix
This beautiful marine diatom Chaetoceros debilis was caught in the North Sea. Not...
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Coralline Algae Under the Microscope
Unlike the green, leafy algae we're used to seeing on the seafloor, coralline algae...
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A Smiling Gentle Giant
The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is the largest fish on Earth. They spend most of...
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A New Fish DROP-ping In
By diving in the Curasub, Smithsonian researchers with the Deep Reef Observation...
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A Baby Moray Eel, or a Really Small Adult?
This is an unidentified moray eel, collected from 650 feet off the coast of...
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Three Mystery Fish
Are these three fish related? All three—a whalefish, bignose, and...
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