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Hagfish Slime Thread
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Spin Hagfish Slime into Silk

Believe it or not, this unraveling thread is from hagfish slime. Hagfish are...
Can we use the sea as a source of fresh water?
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Can We Drink Our Salty Ocean?

An estimated 1.8 billion people will suffer from water scarcity by 2025. Looking...
There are many techniques used to sample the benthic zone.
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Benthic Diving Techniques

Diving to survey, sample, and manage marine life takes a great deal of skill and...
Fish have certain adaptations, like blood with built-in antifreeze, to survive in the Antarctic.
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Fish Adapt to Icy Water

This shadowy fish, Trematomus bernacchii, is well adapted to the ice-cold...
Weddell seals grind their teeth on holes in the ice to keep them open to their comings and goings between ocean and air.
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Weddell Seal in Antarctic Water

Weddell seals grind their teeth on holes in the ice to keep them open to their...
Sunset over a fishing net.
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Technology and Sea Turtles

Sea turtles may have survived the planetary changes that killed the dinosaurs, but...
Auster and colleagues direct a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) dive on the New England Seamounts.
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Scientists Conduct an ROV Dive

Peter Auster and colleagues direct a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) dive on the...
The Arctic is one of the most undiscovered areas of the world.
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Launching an ROV

The Arctic is one of the most remote and uncharted areas of the world. With all the...
Scientist Kevin Raskoff processes samples of DNA
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Building a Database

Expedition data went to the Arctic Ocean Diversity database of...
An amphipod within Arctic sea ice.
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Amphipod Under Arctic Sea Ice

Several species of amphipod like this one, Gammarus wilkitzkii, live permanently...
Jellies in the Class Hydrozoa are transparent and easily overlooked.
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Transparent sea jelly

Many jellyfish in the class Hydrozoa, such as this hydromedusa Aglantha digitale,...
Scientist Kevin Raskoff documents organisms by building an aquarium.
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Photographing Captured Animals

To document fragile organisms found in the Arctic, scientist Kevin Raskoff builds...

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