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A zoomed-in image of the crown-of-thorns sea star.
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A Plague of Sea Stars

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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

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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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a comparison of multiple species of jellyfish
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How Big do Jellyfish Get?

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A many-armed, orange starfish.
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A Filter-Feeding Starfish

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A crab sits on a coral with a sponge covering its head
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A Sponge Crab's Updo

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A purple jellyfish
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Stinging Beauty

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Cancer cells treated with discodermolide, a chemical from a sponge found on deep-sea coral reefs.
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Treated Cancer Cells

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Photo of coral polyp, with a single bleach polyp.
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Corals Threatened by Acid Seas

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This nudibranch is making a comeback to a location it hasn't been to in years along the California coast. First discovered off the coast of Southern California in 1902, Felimare californiensis was thought to be extinct in the region sin
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The Comeback Sea Slug

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How Many Nights of Hanukkah? A harp has its own place in holiday music, but we also think this sponge looks like a super-sized menorah! This newly-discovered carnivorous sponge (Chondrocladia lyra) was found using robotic submersibles operated by the
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Harp Sponge

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Calanus hyperboerus is the preferred food for Bowhead whales.
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Arctic Copepod

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