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The First Filter Feeder
Today, filter feeders like clams, sponges, krill, baleen whales, fishes, and many...
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Shell Dissolves in Seawater
Over a 10-year period, NOAA scientists have collected 72,000 seawater samples, and...
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X-Ray Image of a Monterey Skate
An X-ray image of a Monterey skate (Raja montereyensis) reveals a spine that...
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X-Ray Image of a Winghead Shark
The distinctive form of a winghead shark (Eusphyra blochii) is revealed by an X-ray...
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Measuring a Skate on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
How does this skate (Bathyraja richardsoni) measure up? Researchers use underwater...
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Studying Hydrothermal Vent Life
Census researchers manipulate the robotic arm of the remotely operated vehicle...
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Elevator Rudists
These "elevator" rudists, an ancient bivalve, used one long heavy valve to anchor...
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Recliner Rudists
Where ocean currents were strong, ancient rudist “recliners” lay unattached on...
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Rudist Clams
Rudist clams are mollusks that went extinct about 65 million years ago. They were...
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Thresher Shark Killed by a Gillnet
"Tens of millions of sharks are killed each year, often only for their fins. I have...
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