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Sea Creatures from the Deep: A Video by National Geographic and the Census of Marine Life

The Census of Marine Life - a ten-year effort by scientists from...

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Quest for the Giant Squid

Watch a Discovery video on Smithsonian squid expert Clyde Roper’s search for...

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Deep-sea Corals

It may be the last place you’d expect to find corals—up to 6,000 m (20,000 ft)...

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Bioluminescence

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

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Diversity of Deep-Sea Corals

Sample the surprising diversity of deep-sea corals. See some of the ways they...

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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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Deep Ocean Diversity Slideshow

Deep sea animals have to live in a very cold, dark, and high-pressure environment...

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Sea Toad

This fish belongs to a group of anglerfishes known as lophiiformes. This species,...

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Transparent Sea Cucumber

Census of Marine Life researchers discovered this unusual transparent sea cucumber...

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Manning Seamount Deep Coral Community

A variety of corals colonize the rocky surface of Manning Seamount, part of the New...

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Dr. Stephen Cairns

Dr. Stephen Cairns is a research zoologist and chair of the Department of...

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Animals of the Fire Ice

Students define and describe methane hydrate ice worms and hydrate shrimp. Students...