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the teeth of an anglerfish
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The Making of "The Bright Beneath"

Follow an artist from inspiration to installation in this short video. It features...
Tue, 09/06/2011 - 15:32
red and yellow flowers
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Climate Change Education in Coastal Carolina

What is climate change, and how is it affecting coastal Carolina?  That is the...
Wed, 03/30/2011 - 13:33
Jean-Michel Cousteau speaking
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2011 Student Summit on the Ocean & Coasts Webcast, Part 5: Jean-Michel Cousteau

Recorded on Feb. 15, 2011, award-winning ocean filmmaker Jean-Michel Cousteau...
Mon, 03/28/2011 - 15:15
A deep sea crab (Rochinia crassa) poses with sea fan (Callogorgia spp.) and coral (Lophelia pertusa) on large carbonate boulder.
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Oil Invades Coral Communities of the Deep

On the deep seafloor of the Gulf of Mexico, ecosystems made up of fish, corals, sea...
Tue, 01/06/2015 - 13:37
Red Algae
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Branching Red Algae

Under the microscope, you can peer inside the cells of this filamentous red algae....
Red Pigfish and Blue Mao-Mao school at the edge of a cavern in New Zealand's Poor Knights Islands. Read photographer Brian Skerry's story behind this photo.
Personal Perspectives

Behind the Photo: The Primal Ocean

A few years ago, I was in New Zealand photographing a story about the value of...
October 2012
A white crabeater seal resting on an iceberg.
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Life in the Field

To a photographer, all that matters is the image, the picture that results when the...
May 2012
Photographer Brian Skerry walks knee deep in a mangrove in the Bahamas.
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Life in the Field as an Underwater Photographer

Brian Skerry, an award winning photographer for National Geographic, explores the...
Tue, 05/29/2012 - 13:19
Caribbean reef sharks swim over a coral reef in the Bahamas.
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Swimming With Sharks

Lying in water only a foot deep, I watched the shark meander lazily through the...
October 2011
A brittle star clings to the branches of a deep sea coral

A Brittle Star May Be a Coral’s Best Friend

Five thousand feet (1,524 meters) beneath the sea in the Gulf of Mexico, an...
August 2017

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