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How Climate Change is Impacting Shark Mothering

As any mother knows, ensuring the safety of your kids is a tough job. For bull...

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Tagging Sharks with the Smithsonian Movement of Life Initiative

Where do sharks like to hangout? Turns out we largely don’t know. But Smithsonian...

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Jellyfish predate dinosaurs. How have they survived so long?

Gelatinous drifters that move in a mesmerizing way, jellyfish are beautiful...

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The Weird, Wonderful World of Bioluminescence

“It’s a little appreciated fact that most of the animals in our ocean make...

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Great White Shark

Sharks are much older than dinosaurs. Their ancestry dates back more than 400...

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Photo Sequence of Great White Shark Hunting

Great white sharks are athletic hunters, leaping completely out of the water as...

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The Hyper Eyes of Hyperiids: How Some Shrimp-Like Creatures See Light in the Deep Sea

Hyperiid amphipods are small crustaceans related to sand fleas and distantly...

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Washed Ashore: From Beach Trash to Ocean Art

From a distance, Henry the Fish looks like a typical quirky and colorful sculpture...

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Themisto

These Themisto hyperiids live in the top 200 meters of cold waters around the...

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Phronima Alien

This is another view of Phronima from the side. The eyes take up most of the head,...

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Phronima Female and Young

This female hyperiid (Phronima sedentaria) is surrounded by her young, residing in...

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Paraphromina

This much smaller hyperiid (in the genus Paraphromina) has eyes that make up...