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Slow Life: Time-Lapse on the Coral Reef

How does a coral spend its day? Most of us would say: not doing much. To the human...

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Foraminifera on the Seafloor

Dr. Karen Bice studies the foraminifera in ocean sediment to better understand...

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Zooxanthellae and Coral Bleaching

Tiny plant-like organisms called zooxanthellae live in the tissues of many animals,...

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Bizarre and Beautiful Coral Reef Animals

From parrotfish that cover themselves in a blanket of their own mucus to tiny pygmy...

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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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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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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...

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Cystisoma

This hyperiid (in the genus Cystisoma) has only one pair of eyes—but they are...

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Scypholanceola aestiva

Scypholanceola aestiva looks like an armored alien of the deep. It doesn’t have...