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The Ocean Under the Microscope: Images from Nikon Small World
The ocean is so big that it can be easy to forget the microscopic beauty of the...
Wed, 04/30/2014 - 10:34

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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

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Under Arctic Ice
Hidden beneath Arctic ice is a world few have ever seen. Take the icy plunge with a...
Tue, 01/04/2011 - 14:48

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Themisto
These Themisto hyperiids live in the top 200 meters of cold waters around the...
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Phronima Alien
This is another view of Phronima from the side. The eyes take up most of the head,...
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Phronima Female and Young
This female hyperiid (Phronima sedentaria) is surrounded by her young, residing in...
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Paraphromina
This much smaller hyperiid (in the genus Paraphromina) has eyes that make up...
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Cystisoma
This hyperiid (in the genus Cystisoma) has only one pair of eyes—but they are...
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Scypholanceola aestiva
Scypholanceola aestiva looks like an armored alien of the deep. It doesn’t have...
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Spin Hagfish Slime into Silk
Believe it or not, this unraveling thread is from hagfish slime. Hagfish are...
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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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