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Optimism in the Deep Sea - Connecting Corals, Museums, and Ocean Managers
The deep-sea is a treasure trove of resources. Diverse ecosystems cozy up next to...
June 2020
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What the Megalodon Left Behind
The largest shark ever to exist on this planet, Carcharocles megalodon, could grow...
July 2018
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Squalicorax Shark Fossil
During the late Cretaceous period, Kansas was covered by a vast sea. There,...
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Solitary Deep-water Corals
These corals from the Smithsonian collections are Stephanocyathus (A.)...
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X-Ray Image of a Tropical Hatchetfish
Tropical hatchetfish (Argyropelecus lychnus), like the one shown in this X-ray...
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Studying Deep-Sea Corals
What happens to deep-sea coral samples after they are collected? In this image...
Thu, 06/09/2011 - 09:23
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A Squalodontid Success
On a beach in Piña, Panama the tide is rolling out. Faint outlines of skeletal...
Wed, 06/22/2011 - 17:47
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Dr. Jan Backman, Marine Geologist
Drilling near the North Pole, Dr. Jan Backman reveals a brief moment in time when...
Fri, 03/26/2010 - 13:03
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Collecting Gold Coral from the Deep Sea
The robotic arm of a Pisces submersible collects a gold coral colony (Gerardia sp.)...
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Deep-Water Larvacean, or “Sea-Tadpole”
In the icy waters of the Arctic, a deep-water larvacean (aka “sea tadpole”...
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