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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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A Snail's Rainbow Radula

This abstract image is a close-up of the tiny teeth that cover the radula of a...

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A Diatom Helix

This beautiful marine diatom Chaetoceros debilis was caught in the North Sea. Not...

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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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Texas State Aquarium Delegation

What can students do to help the ocean? It turns out, a lot! These students from...

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Surfer at Bogue Banks, North Carolina, USA

“As I set up for a sunset shot—one last, solitary surfer exited the water and I...

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Crochet Jellyfish

Corals are just one of the many marine life forms that can be modeled in crochet....

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Blacktip Sharks by Enric Sala

Enric Sala has spent much of his career looking for the ocean's "time machines" --...

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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...

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Thirty Days to Submission: How I Made a Video for Ocean180

How do you explain a scientific paper in three minutes or less? What if you were...