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In this painting, a giant squid engages in a struggle for survival with a sperm whale.
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Giant Squid vs. Sperm Whale

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The red paper lantern jellyfish is the focus of the latest podcast One Species at a Time, by the Encyclopedia of Life. Vacuumed up from its habitat a mile down in the ocean, the red paper lantern jelly may not look like much. Mostly water, it’s
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Red Paper Lantern Jellyfish: One Species at a Time

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Male fiddler crabs, like this one collected on Moorea, wave their enlarged claw as way of signaling to other crabs, especially during mating season.
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Fiddler Crab

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The whitish spots on this fish are individual parasitic trematode worms.
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Marine Parasites: Crazy…and Really Cool!

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A blue-ringed octopus
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A Beautiful and Deadly Octopus

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Boats docked in a Chesapeake Bay harbor
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Rapa Whelks: Invaders of the Chesapeake Bay

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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

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an oyster shell on a beach
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How to Survive an Oil Spill: Oyster Edition

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This new species of lobster (Dinochelus ausubeli) is blind and has bizarre claws. It was discovered about 300 meters (984 feet) deep in the Philippine Sea by a Census of Marine Life expedition.
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Deep Ocean Diversity Slideshow

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A screenshot of some of Smithsonian's marine story windows in Google Earth
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What Lives in the Gulf of Mexico? Exploring Marine Collections on Google Earth

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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In Search of the Giant Squid

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A screenshot from the video showing a translucent jellyfish in deepwater.
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Blackwater Drifting

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