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Anemone Feeding Time

Anemones are known for serving as homes for Nemo and countless other small fish and...

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Life After Whale (On Whale Falls)

When a whale dies, the story has just begun. The massive carcass sinks to the...

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The Weird, Wonderful World of Bioluminescence

“It’s a little appreciated fact that most of the animals in our ocean make...

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Jellyfish and Comb Jellies

Jellyfish and comb jellies are gelatinous animals that drift through the ocean's...

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Bioluminescence

You may have seen the sparkle of fireflies on a summer’s night. The fireflies...

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Celebrating Marine Moms

The ocean is home to many moms of all shapes and sizes: from charismatic polar...

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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 Snail's Rainbow Radula

This abstract image is a close-up of the tiny teeth that cover the radula of a...

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Starfish Feeding on Mussels

Ochre seastars (Pisaster ochraceus) feed on invertebrates, such as coral and...

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The Vampire Squid from Hell

With a scientific name that means "the vampire squid from hell," you'd expect the...

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Black Swallower

Imagine eating an entire fish bigger than you—bones and all! At only 25 cm long,...

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The Bobbit Worm

There aren't any mummies or zombies buried under the seafloor: instead the ocean...