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A New Ocean Zone Described with the Help of a Submersible

Beneath vibrant coral reefs, but above the lightless depths of the sea, lies the...

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Medicines from the Sea

You may not think of the ocean as a pharmacy but scientists are developing exciting...

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The Moorea Biocode Project

Scientists on the tiny island of Moorea, in the Pacific, are gathering one of every...

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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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Spin Hagfish Slime into Silk

Believe it or not, this unraveling thread is from hagfish slime. Hagfish are...

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Branching Red Algae

Under the microscope, you can peer inside the cells of this filamentous red algae....

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Deep-sea Copepod Gets a Close-up

This female deep-sea copepod (Pontostratiotes sp.) was collected in the...

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Psychedelic Tardigrade

Tardigrades, which are usually less than 1 mm long, can be found in almost every...

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Brian Skerry's Photography Gear

Brian Skerry warily stares down his photography equipment on board the vessel...

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An ROV Explores the Baltic Sea

The Hanse Explorer crew used a remotely operated underwater vehicle, or ROV,...

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Building a Database

Expedition data went to the Arctic Ocean Diversity database of...