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A team of scientists explore the Arctic ocean.
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Under Arctic Ice

Hidden beneath Arctic ice is a world few have ever seen. Take the icy plunge with a...
Tue, 01/04/2011 - 14:48
Diagram of narwhal anatomy and tusk function
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Narwhal Anatomy

An amphipod within Arctic sea ice.
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Amphipod Under Arctic Sea Ice

Several species of amphipod like this one, Gammarus wilkitzkii, live permanently...
A bright-green sea slug with a black background.
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Sea Slugs: One Species at a Time

Come one, come all! See the amazing, the astonishing, half-animal, half-plant!...
Mon, 07/11/2011 - 14:12
A narwhal breaches the surface, its tusk pointed to the sky
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Why a Tusk? The real-life unicorns of the sea and the tusks that make them famous

In the frigid Arctic Ocean, a mysterious toothed whale—the narwhal— resides...
August 2017

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