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Encounters with Bioluminescent Creatures

Scientists describe the amazing bioluminescent creatures they encounter as they...

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Bioluminescence

You may have seen the sparkle of fireflies on a summer’s night. The fireflies...

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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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Phytoplankton Bloom in the Antarctic

Seasons in the Ross Sea are marked by ice freezing and melting, and these processes...

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Shipboard Life in the Antarctic

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

Personal Perspectives

On Biodiversity: Understanding its Meaning and Importance

The ocean is home to a phenomenal diversity of marine organisms. They have evolved...

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Dinoflagellates: One Species at a Time

Ari Daniel Shapiro is joined for this episode of The Podcast of Life by science...

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The Cloud Factories that Live in the Sea

Dimethylsulfoniopropionate. A jumble of syllables akin to a complicated...

A Microscopic Identity Crisis

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

With Every Breath You Take, Thank the Ocean

When was the last time you thought about your breathing? Take a breath right now...

You Light Up My World!

While people may give chocolates to the ones they love on Valentine’s Day,...

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Deep Sea Copepod

This copepod (Gaussia princeps) was collected deeper than 1000 meters in the...