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Hagfish Slime Thread
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Spin Hagfish Slime into Silk

Believe it or not, this unraveling thread is from hagfish slime. Hagfish are...
Dover Sole Skin
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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...
A look into a whale shark mouth.
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A Smiling Gentle Giant

The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is the largest fish on Earth. They spend most of...
Illustration of a four-legged proto-whale with webbed feet.
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Early Whale with Webbed Feet

This early whale was well suited to life at sea. But it also may have spent time on...
Vertebrates evolved in the sea and eventually moved onto land. The ancestors of whales later returned to the sea.
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Whales Returned to the Sea

Vertebrates evolved in the sea and eventually moved onto land. The ancestors of...
This family tree shows how the ancestors of whales moved gradually from land to sea.
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The Whale Family Tree

This family tree shows how the ancestors of whales moved gradually from land to...
An underwater photo of a school of jacks and a scuba diver
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Bigeye Jacks and Diver Balicasag, Philippines

"I was photographing this beautiful school of jacks when a diver slowly approached...
John Paxton, a scientist who studies marine life, looks into a microscope
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Sleuth at Sea

Ichthyologist John R. Paxton of the Australian Museum studies freshly caught...
Map showing the range of the eastern and western populations of Atlantic bluefin tuna and their spawning grounds in the Gulf of Mexico and the Mediterranean Sea.
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Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Distribution Map

This map is based on electronic tagging of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)...
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