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A translucent hyperiid on a black background with orange stripes along its head.
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Many Eyes, Many Perspectives: The Astonishing Visual Systems of Hyperiids

In any given scoop of seawater, you will find an assortment of tiny critters called...
January 2020
A large, black instrument is hauled onto a ship's deck by researchers wearing hard hats and life vests.
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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...
March 2019
A group of students pick up trash along the coast of Guyana during the Ocean Conservancy's 2012 Coastal Cleanup.
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Picking Up Trash Along the Coast

A group of students pick up trash along the coast of Guyana during the Ocean...
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...
Giant clams are one of the many wonders of coral reefs. They can grow up to five feet wide, weigh over 400 pounds, and live for 100 years!
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Restocking Giant Clams

Giant clams are one of the many wonders of coral reefs. They can grow up to five...
Map of Oceana's 2011 expedition to the Baltic Sea
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Map of Oceana's 2011 Baltic Expedition

In 2011, Oceana researchers spent two months surveying life and conditions in the...
A map of of the Caribbean, featuring the island of Curaçao.
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Curaçao

Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean is the site of the...
This computer screen image shows views of each sonar beam and the path being mapped by the ship.
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Multibeam Sonar Screen

Views of each sonar beam appear on the left side of this computer screen image...
3-D map of Chapman’s Reef. Produced in 2005 with multibeam sonar from an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV).
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Deep-Sea Coral Reef Map

This 3-D colored map of Chapman’s Reef—a deep-sea coral reef near Florida—was...
Scientists use a multinet to collect zooplankton.
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Launching a Multinet

Scientists use a multinet to collect Arctic zooplankton samples from...
Trash Sculpture on the Beach in Bonaire
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Marine Debris: Trash Travels, But You Can Help Stop It

Marine debris--or trash that has washed or been dumped into our ocean and coastal...
The New England Seamount Chain is the longest in the North Atlantic Ocean and includes peaks of more than 30 extinct volcanoes.
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Map of New England Seamount Chain

The New England Seamount Chain is the longest in the North Atlantic Ocean. It...

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