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Video of Christmas Crab Migration

The Christmas Island red crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) makes an impressive annual...

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Anemone Feeding Time

Anemones are known for serving as homes for Nemo and countless other small fish and...

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Jellyfish and Comb Jellies

Jellyfish and comb jellies are gelatinous animals that drift through the ocean's...

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Bioluminescence

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

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Celebrating Marine Moms

The ocean is home to many moms of all shapes and sizes: from charismatic polar...

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A Snail's Rainbow Radula

This abstract image is a close-up of the tiny teeth that cover the radula of a...

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Starfish Feeding on Mussels

Ochre seastars (Pisaster ochraceus) feed on invertebrates, such as coral and...

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The Vampire Squid from Hell

With a scientific name that means "the vampire squid from hell," you'd expect the...

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The Bobbit Worm

There aren't any mummies or zombies buried under the seafloor: instead the ocean...

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Japanese Spider Crab

The Japanese spider crab is a large catch for any fisherman. With a leg span of 13...

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Revealing the Largest Octopus

Weighing 600 pounds (around 272kg) and having a 30 foot (around 9 meters) arm span,...