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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

There are thousands of marine invertebrate animals in the ocean, from small to...
June 2018
Small red hyperiid.
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The Hyper Eyes of Hyperiids: How Some Shrimp-Like Creatures See Light in the Deep Sea

Hyperiid amphipods are small crustaceans related to sand fleas and distantly...
Tue, 08/19/2014 - 10:47
A emperor penguin chick sits under its mother's legs.
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Emperor Penguin Chick with Mother

An emperor penguin chick (Aptenodytes forsteri) huddles under its mother's legs to...
A humpback whale breaching in Antarctic waters.
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Humpback Whales in Antarctica: What Are the Whales Doing?

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaengliae) are the most abundant baleen whale in the...
February 2013
A Caribbean hermit crab (Coenobita clypeatus) crawls on the forest floor.
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The Great Hermit Crab Migration

Over the last few days, a video of hermit crabs stampeding across the rocky shores...
September 2012
Relatively slow moving, juvenile plane-head filefish Monacanthus hispidus (Monacanthidae) travel along with the algae. They pick off and eat small animals as they move around in the rotating sargassum ball. Adult filefish only grow to be about 11
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A World Adrift: Life in the Sargassum

The open ocean is surprisingly barren to the naked eye. Every now and again you...
May 2012
Giant Pacific Manta Ray, Roca Partida Sea Mount, Revillagigedos Islands, Mexico
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Tagging and Tracking Animals Underwater

How do we know where ocean animals swim day and night? Scientists are getting...
May 2012
A school of bluefin tuna
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The Great Pacific Migration of Bluefin Tuna

Shortly after their first birthday, Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis)...
September 2017
Hundreds of illustrated red crabs gathering on sand with Santa hats.

Here Comes Santa Claws

Santa isn’t the only long-distance traveler in a red suit—at the beginning of...
December 2016
A red and orange tomopterid with a black background.
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Tomopterid

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