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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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Deep-sea Corals

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

slideshow

Diversity of Deep-Sea Corals

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

slideshow

Seamounts, A Deep-Sea Habitat

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

slideshow

Deep Ocean Diversity Slideshow

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

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Deep-Sea Corals Worldwide

This map shows where some of the most significant species of deep-sea corals are...

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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...

Lesson Plan

Animals of the Fire Ice

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

Lesson Plan

Keep it Complex

Students describe the significance of complexity in benthic habitats to organisms...

Lesson Plan

Head to Foot

The lesson begins with a broader introduction on new species discovered around...

Article

Making a Mark on the Ocean Floor

Until very recently oceanography was a field dominated by men. A seafaring career,...