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Crochet Jellyfish from the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef
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Crochet Jellyfish

Corals are just one of the many marine life forms that can be modeled in crochet....
A red snapper hunts for prey on Kingman’s Reef, a healthy reef in the Line Islands.
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Kingman’s Reef, Line Islands

This photo of Kingman’s Reef in the Line Islands shows what a healthy coral reef...
An underwater photo of sharks
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Blacktip Sharks by Enric Sala

Enric Sala has spent much of his career looking for the ocean's "time machines" --...
Illustration of colorful nudibranchs from Ernst Haeckel.
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Art Forms in Nature: Marine Species From Ernst Haeckel

Today’s discoveries about our planet’s biological diversity build upon the...
June 2015
An Atlantic wolffish hiding on Cashes Ledge off the New England coast.
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Exploring a Unique Biodiversity Hotspot In the Gulf of Maine

Cashes Ledge is a wild, special place in the heart of the Gulf of Maine. This...
November 2014
A screenshot from the video "Cashes Ledge" showing an underwater kelp forest scene.
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Cashes Ledge

Cashes Ledge is an underwater mountain range off the New England coast, which is...
Fri, 09/29/2017 - 10:10
A whale shark swims with a diver off the coast of East Africa.
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The Big Five of the Ocean: Exploring the Waters of East Africa

When we think "Africa," we think of the "Big Five"—lions, elephants, leopards,...
November 2012
10 grains of star shaped sand collected from southern Japan
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Star Sand Grains Collected from Southern Japan

These star-shaped grains of sand, collected from southern Japan, look like...
Cover of the Book Citizens of the Sea

Citizens of the Sea

The incredible variety of marine life—in numbers, body form, behavior, and...
July 2010

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