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Slow Life: Time-Lapse on the Coral Reef

How does a coral spend its day? Most of us would say: not doing much. To the human...

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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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A Trip South to Antarctica’s Ross Sea

The Ross Sea, a 1.9 million square mile (3.6 million square km) stretch of ocean...

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Sparkling Sponge Spicules

These sparkling sponge spicules are microscopic needle-like structures that many...

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King Penguins, Right Whale Beach, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

There are over 30 colonies of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on South...

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Adélie Penguins Face Off

These cute Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) are actually having a bit of a...

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Gentoo Penguin Mother and Chick

A gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) mother stands with her chick in Antarctica....

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Moray Waits for a Meal

A yellow moray eel, Gymnothorax prasinus, inside of a sea sponge in the waters off...

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Common Tern Silhouette, Nickerson Beach, Long Island, New York, USA

“A tern colony resides here for the better part of the summer, raising their...

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Inside the Wave, Makena Beach, Maui

“While the shore-break at Makena Beach is notoriously dangerous and powerful, it...

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Red Crab Migration, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean

“The largest land migration of any animal on Earth, as many as 120 million crabs...

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Adélie Penguins, Paulet Island, Antarctica

“As we motored around Paulet Island in a Zodiac boat, these two curious penguins...