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What the Big Picture Can Teach Us About Tiny Ocean Creatures

A 1,000-pound metal instrument—about the size of a two-seat Smart car—drops off...

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The Secret Life of Plankton

Imagine if a fish at the market could tell you where it came from; what would it...

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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...

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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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Glassy Radiolarian Beauty

The shells of radiolarians rank among some of the treasures of the ocean, with...

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Deep-Water Larvacean

Found in Arctic waters, this rare deep-water species of larvacean, Oikopleura...

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Deep-Water Larvacean, or “Sea-Tadpole”

In the icy waters of the Arctic, a deep-water larvacean (aka “sea tadpole”...

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Launching a Multinet

Scientists use a multinet to collect Arctic zooplankton samples from...

Lesson Plan

Just Jelly: ecological role of gelatinous zooplankton

In this activity, students will be able to compare and contrast the feeding...

Lesson Plan

Jelly Critters: Gelatinous zooplankton

In this activity, students will be able to compare and contrast at least three...

Personal Perspectives

Shipboard Life in the Antarctic

Strapped in to a harness on the back deck of a 230-foot research vessel off the...

A Microscopic Identity Crisis

Using DNA to identify larval species in the Gulf Stream Unseen by the human eye,...