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The Ocean Under the Microscope: Images from Nikon Small World
The ocean is so big that it can be easy to forget the microscopic beauty of the...
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Spaceship Mollusk
No, this is not an alien spaceship from another world—it is a baby file clam...
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Spin Hagfish Slime into Silk
Believe it or not, this unraveling thread is from hagfish slime. Hagfish are...
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How Mangroves Deal with Saltwater
Looking at a white mangrove (Avicennia marina) leaf cross-section under the...
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Zooplankton in the Eye of a Needle
Zooplankton are small—but do you know just how small? This drop of water smaller...
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Fireworm Bristles
No, this isn't a bundle of paintbrushes: you're looking at a fireworm...
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Close-Up of Dover Sole Skin
This close-up of the skin of dover sole (Solea solea) masks its true ability: to...
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Lobster Egg
Even when a lobster is still a developing egg, you can see some of its adult...
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Blue Button Tentacle
This tentacle belongs to a blue button (Porpita porpita), an animal that looks like...
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Lacy Crust Bryozoan
This colony of a lacy crust bryozoan (Membranipora membranacea) started off as just...
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Closed-Mouth Coral
A live coral polyp with turquoise tissue and brown tentacles closes its mouth (the...
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