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On Moorea, an island in French Polynesia, researchers are striving to complete a biocode—a DNA catalog of every life form big enough to pick up with tweezers.

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Scientists Catalog Life on the Island of Moorea

October 2012

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A screenshot from the video showing a giant barrel sponge.

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What Makes Sponges Grow?

December 2015

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Scientist Martha Nizinski holds a specimen of a fan sponge (Phakellia sp.) collected at a deep-sea coral study site off the coast of South Carolina.

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Fan Sponge

July 2011

Scientist Martha Nizinski examines a sample of the deep-sea coral Lophelia pertusa, collected 600-m (1,969-ft) deep off the coast of the southeastern United States.

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Martha Nizinski: Hooked on Deep-Sea Corals

July 2011

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Dr. Brendan Roark discusses different methods of sampling deep-sea corals with undergraduate students at Texas A&M University.

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Coral Scientist Brendan Roark: On an Urgent Mission

July 2011

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