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Hawaiian monk seals are among the wildlife found within the Papahānaumokuākea World Heritage Site.
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Backbone of Biodiversity at Risk

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) maintains the...
Thu, 10/28/2010 - 19:01
An artistic rendering of an ocean landscape as it may have looked during the Archean Eon.
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The Ocean Throughout Geologic Time, An Image Gallery

Evidence shows that life probably began in the ocean at least 3.5 billion years...
Tue, 09/20/2011 - 15:30
Hawaiian monk seals are among the wildlife found within the Papahānaumokuākea World Heritage Site.
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Endangered Ocean Animals

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) was signed into law on December 28, 1973 by...
Mon, 12/02/2013 - 14:00
Small red hyperiid.
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The Hyper Eyes of Hyperiids: How Some Shrimp-Like Creatures See Light in the Deep Sea

Hyperiid amphipods are small crustaceans related to sand fleas and distantly...
Tue, 08/19/2014 - 10:47
Phoenix the right whale diving in North Atlantic.
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A Tale of a Right Whale

Suspended at the center of the Sant Ocean Hall is a life-size model of a North...
Wed, 09/30/2009 - 15:58
Three hyperiids, each with two large eyes and red body showing through their translucent bodies.
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Themisto

These Themisto hyperiids live in the top 200 meters of cold waters around the...
A side-view of a translucent phronima with a large red eye.
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Phronima Alien

This is another view of Phronima from the side. The eyes take up most of the head,...
A translucent, female hyperiid surrounded by white young in a barrel-shaped body cavity.
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Phronima Female and Young

This female hyperiid (Phronima sedentaria) is surrounded by her young, residing in...
Two small, translucent hyperiids with very large eyes.
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Paraphromina

This much smaller hyperiid (in the genus Paraphromina) has eyes that make up...
A side-view of translucent hyperiid with a black background.
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Cystisoma

This hyperiid (in the genus Cystisoma) has only one pair of eyes—but they are...
A red Scypholanceola aestiva stares at the screen with large orange eyes.
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Scypholanceola aestiva

Scypholanceola aestiva looks like an armored alien of the deep. It doesn’t have...
Zooplankton are small—but do you know just how small? This drop of water smaller than the eye of a needle is magnified 20x and contains multitudes.
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Zooplankton in the Eye of a Needle

Zooplankton are small—but do you know just how small? This drop of water smaller...

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