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Chrysaora melanaster is a jellyfish found in the Arctic.
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Jellyfish and Comb Jellies

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“Upon returning from the reef after a night dive, I swam toward a bright reflection and came eye-to-eye with this beautiful, curious squid.” -- Nature's Best photographer Charles Viggers.Equipment Used to Capture the Shot: Nikon D700; 105mm ƒ/2.8 lens
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Squid at Sunset Reef Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

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The Komodo National Park site in Indonesia was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1991. The site hosts "Komodo dragons" (Varanus komodoensis), a unique species that exists nowhere else in the world and is of great interest to scientists studying evolu
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Tunicates—Not So Spineless Invertebrates

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A glowing ocean surface.
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Six Ways to See Ocean Ocean Bioluminescence

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This aptly named fish has two long fangs.
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Creepy Critters: Marine Life Surfaces for Halloween

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two brittle stars in a tank
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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.
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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.
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Ocean Acidification

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an oyster reef at low tide
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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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