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A New Ocean Zone Described with the Help of a Submersible

Beneath vibrant coral reefs, but above the lightless depths of the sea, lies the...

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Medicines from the Sea

You may not think of the ocean as a pharmacy but scientists are developing exciting...

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Welcome to the Moorea Biocode Project

Scientists journey to the isolated island of Moorea on a quest to catalog every...

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The Moorea Biocode Project

Scientists on the tiny island of Moorea, in the Pacific, are gathering one of every...

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Deep-sea Corals

It may be the last place you’d expect to find corals—up to 6,000 m (20,000 ft)...

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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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An ROV Explores the Baltic Sea

The Hanse Explorer crew used a remotely operated underwater vehicle, or ROV,...

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Building a Database

Expedition data went to the Arctic Ocean Diversity database of...

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Marine Biology on the Island of Moorea

The island of Moorea is a natural laboratory for scientists on a quest to catalog...

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Worth the Investment: Ocean Real Estate Reveals Hidden Diversity

Good real estate is hard to find. This is as true underwater as it is on land. So...

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Underwater Parks in 3-D

As I readied myself and my camera for a dive in Yellowstone Lake, the largest body...

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The “Plastisphere:" A new marine ecosystem

Any floating object in the ocean tends to attract life; fishermen know this and...