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Bizarre and Beautiful Coral Reef Animals
From parrotfish that cover themselves in a blanket of their own mucus to tiny pygmy...
Fri, 12/04/2009 - 14:05

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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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Spin Hagfish Slime into Silk
Believe it or not, this unraveling thread is from hagfish slime. Hagfish are...
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Branching Red Algae
Under the microscope, you can peer inside the cells of this filamentous red algae....
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Deep-sea Copepod Gets a Close-up
This female deep-sea copepod (Pontostratiotes sp.) was collected in the...
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Psychedelic Tardigrade
Tardigrades, which are usually less than 1 mm long, can be found in almost every...
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Brian Skerry's Photography Gear
Brian Skerry warily stares down his photography equipment on board the vessel...
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Green Turtle, Armeñime, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
“As an underwater nature photographer, I struggled for a new way to bring back...
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Green Sea Turtle in the Canary Islands, Spain
I have been to this location many times, but no other photo has come out like this...
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Tern and Loggerhead Sea Turtle, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
“I slowly approached this bird resting on the back of a turtle just under the...
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