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A glowing ocean surface.
Article

Six Ways to See Ocean Ocean Bioluminescence

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This aptly named fish has two long fangs.
Slideshow

Creepy Critters: Marine Life Surfaces for Halloween

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two brittle stars in a tank
Article

Brittle Star Splits

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A photo of a squid using bioluminescence to hide in the deep sea.
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Bioluminescence

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A nudibranch showing a closeup of their fleshy, tentacle-like growths, called cerata.
Article

How Sea Slugs Steal the Defenses of Their Prey

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A shell placed in seawater with increased acidity slowly dissolves over 45 days.
Overview

Ocean Acidification

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an oyster reef at low tide
Article

Oysters as a Keystone Species in the Chesapeake Bay

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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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A blue-ringed octopus
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How Octopuses and Squids Change Color

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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.
Slideshow

Deep Ocean Diversity Slideshow

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a yellow sea cucumber
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Deep Sea Cucumber

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

Blackwater Drifting

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