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Corals in the Juan de Fuca Canyon and the Davidson Seamount

Discover some amazing corals in this footage that shows and identifies a range of...

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Science in a Time of Crisis: Assessing the Impacts

Part 6 of a 6-part series describing WHOI's efforts to understand the scope and...

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Seamounts, A Deep-Sea Habitat

Thousands of seamounts—most of them undersea volcanoes—tower above the muddy...

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Oil Invades Coral Communities of the Deep

On the deep seafloor of the Gulf of Mexico, ecosystems made up of fish, corals, sea...

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New Soft Coral

Discovered in 2004 and named in 2009, this Gersemia juliepackardae coral has been...

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Bubblegum Coral

This bubblegum coral (Paragorgia arborea) has a fanlike shape. It is growing 1,310...

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Black Corals

Black corals, like this one growing on the Manning Seamount off the New England...

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Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

The Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) SeaBed, shown here as it is about to be...

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Sea star, Captured by ROV

A sea star, Hymenaster pellucidus, brought up from a benthic ROV dive. View the...

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Deep-Water Larvacean

Found in Arctic waters, this rare deep-water species of larvacean, Oikopleura...

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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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Millions of Brittle Stars

A huge colony of brittle stars (likely Ophiacantha rosea) covers the peak of a...