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A screenshot from the video showing equipment on a research vessel.
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Wavechasers and the Samoan Passage

Watch as a team of wave chasers heads to Somoa where they search for an undersea...
Wed, 12/02/2015 - 09:46
the powerpoint and speaker of a lecture
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Drugs From the Deep with Shirley Pomponi

Dr. Shirley Pomponi talks about thirty years of experience diving and searching for...
Thu, 02/28/2013 - 13:34
a dumbo octopus in the deep ocean
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The Dumbo Octopus: An Underwater Dance

This short video takes you two hundred miles off the coast of Oregon and some 6,600...
Wed, 05/11/2011 - 16:10
a siphonophore
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Encounters with Bioluminescent Creatures

Scientists describe the amazing bioluminescent creatures they encounter as they...
Thu, 04/29/2010 - 10:23
Screenshot from video of a scientist discussing experience in a submersible.
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Scientists Discuss their Submersible Experience

Scientists talk about the experience of exploring the ocean in this excerpt from...
Tue, 12/15/2009 - 17:00
A screenshot from the video "Integrated Ocean Drilling Program" showing the front of a research vessel moving through water.
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Integrated Ocean Drilling Program

Scientists from the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) collect sediments...
Tue, 12/08/2009 - 21:49
A screenshot from the video showing a dumbo octopod swimming in water.
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Video of Cirrate Octopod aka Dumbo Octopus

This octopod is sometimes called a “Dumbo” octopod because its fins resemble...
Fri, 04/06/2018 - 09:44
a squid in blue water
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Quest for the Giant Squid

Watch a Discovery video on Smithsonian squid expert Clyde Roper’s search for...
Fri, 11/20/2009 - 16:17
Japanese scientists videotaped this female giant squid, alive, at the water's surface
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Giant Squid

Giant squid live up to their name: the largest giant squid ever recorded by...
April 2018
After ocean scientists sort deep-sea coral samples into their different types, they measure and photograph the specimens.
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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
Photograph of the underside of a gelatinous octopus with a bright yellow bioluminescent ring around her mouth.
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Bioluminescent Animals Photo Gallery

Bioluminescence is one of the more captivating adaptations that have evolved in...
Thu, 08/18/2011 - 16:24
GEOMAR scientist Armin Form works at his lab during a long-term experiment on the effects of lower pH, higher temperatures and "food stress" on the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa.
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Deep-water Corals and Acidification

GEOMAR scientist Armin Form works at his lab during a long-term experiment on the...

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