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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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Ocean Acidification

Ocean acidification is sometimes called “climate change’s equally evil twin,”...

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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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Endangered Ocean Animals

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) was signed into law on December 28, 1973 by...

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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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Sea Gooseberry Larva

These beautiful wisps are the hair-like cilia of a sea gooseberry larva, a common...

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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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Amphipod: Salp Invader

Can you spot the amphipod (Phronima atlantica) in the below photo? She's the...

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Searching for Life -- Epibionts -- On Sea Turtles

Amanda Feuerstein with a nesting olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea). Feuerstein...

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Crustacean Epibionts

In a 2011 study published in the Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History,...

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Harlequin Shrimp East of Bali, Indonesia

"Harlequin shrimp normally live in pairs and their main diet is starfish... It...