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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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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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Veined Octopus at Anilao Batangas Pier, Philippines

The veined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus), also known as the coconut octopus,...

Personal Perspectives

Comics at Sea: An Antarctic Logbook

For five years, I've had a photograph of Palmer Station, Antarctica, tacked up over...

Personal Perspectives

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...

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Photographing the Underwater Aquarius Habitat

Trying to get a good angle for a photo while underwater can be tough when you are...

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Making Science Sing: The Longest Time (Coral Triangle Edition)

How do you make science sing? Just ask a couple of female scientists to sing about...

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Life in the Field as an Underwater Photographer

Brian Skerry, an award winning photographer for National Geographic, explores the...

Personal Perspectives

Swimming With Sharks

Lying in water only a foot deep, I watched the shark meander lazily through the...

When Life Gives You Lionfish…

It was the summer of 2013, and Phil Karp was staring at a dead lionfish. Earlier,...