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

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An artistic rendering of an ocean landscape as it may have looked during the Archean Eon.
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The Ocean Throughout Geologic Time, An Image Gallery

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This new species of lobster (Dinochelus ausubeli) is blind and has bizarre claws. It was discovered about 300 meters (984 feet) deep in the Philippine Sea by a Census of Marine Life expedition.
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Deep Ocean Diversity Slideshow

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Kelps are large, brown algae that grow along coasts around the world, especially in cooler regions.
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With Every Breath You Take, Thank the Ocean

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Small red hyperiid.
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The Hyper Eyes of Hyperiids: How Some Shrimp-Like Creatures See Light in the Deep Sea

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The Komodo National Park site in Indonesia was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1991. The site hosts "Komodo dragons" (Varanus komodoensis), a unique species that exists nowhere else in the world and is of great interest to scientists studying evolu
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Tunicates—Not So Spineless Invertebrates

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Photograph of the underside of a gelatinous octopus with a bright yellow bioluminescent ring around her mouth.
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Bioluminescent Animals Photo Gallery

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Two baby olive ridley sea turtles.
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Surveying Life On Sea Turtles

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Vertebrates evolved in the sea and eventually moved onto land. The ancestors of whales later returned to the sea.
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Whales Returned to the Sea

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Color illustration of an ancient bivalve.
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Elevator Rudists

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This family tree shows how the ancestors of whales moved gradually from land to sea.
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The Whale Family Tree

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Sea lions generate thrust, or forward propulsion, by bringing their fore-flippers together in big sweeping motions called “claps.”  When a sea lion “claps,” it stretches its flippers out to the sides and sweeps them down. Then it tucks its flippe
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How Do Sea Lions Swim?

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