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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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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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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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Arctic Sea Cucumber
This species of deep-water sea cucumber (Elpidia belyaevi) was discovered by Census...
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Studying Hydrothermal Vent Life
Census researchers manipulate the robotic arm of the remotely operated vehicle...
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Bigeye Jacks and Diver Balicasag, Philippines
"I was photographing this beautiful school of jacks when a diver slowly approached...
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Sleuth at Sea
Ichthyologist John R. Paxton of the Australian Museum studies freshly caught...
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