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Jellyfish are transparent and made up of 95 percent water, so you’d think there isn’t much to them. But you’d be wrong. Jellyfish are more complex than you’d think—and one of their most fascinating parts is their stinging cells.
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How Do Jellyfish Sting?

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Thumbnail of a cartoonish octopus.
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Why the Octopus Brain is so Extraordinary

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Horseshoe Crab in Stage Harbor, Massachusetts
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This Flu Season, Thank a Horseshoe Crab

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Two clams, a mussel, an oyster, on a bed of algae
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Shellfish for Dinner: More than just Clams and Oysters

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A small, transparent, shell-less sea snail in the open ocean.
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Angels of the Sea

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Two baby olive ridley sea turtles.
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Surveying Life On Sea Turtles

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A piece of the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef exhibit.
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When Art Meets Science: The Hyberbolic Crochet Coral Reef

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The siphonophores are an order of marine animals in the phylum Cnidaria (the same phylum containing jellyfish). 
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Prints from Ernst Haeckel

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A congregation of Horseshoe Crabs.
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The Amazing Horseshoe Crab

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A screenshot from the video showing a small anemone through a microscope.
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Anemone Feeding Time

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A screenshot from the video of a deep-sea crustacean.
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Searching for Crustaceans in the Deep Sea

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Two scientists peer out into the ocean from inside the Curasub, a 5-person submersible
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Diving for Crabs in the Deep Sea

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