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A woman scuba diving near an ARMS
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Nancy Knowlton retrieving ARMS

a preserved eel specimen
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An Eel from the Deep Sea

The new deep-sea eel species of Myroconger pietschi. This specimen is the only...
A graphic explaining coral bleaching
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Coral Bleaching Graphic

Explanation of coral bleaching. ...
Nancy Knowlton and a man look at an aquarium tank
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Nancy Knowlton at STRI

Nancy Knowlton filming an aquarium at the Smithsonian Tropical Research...
Nancy standing by the ocean
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Nancy Knowlton by the Ocean

Nancy Knowlton, the former Sant Chair for Marine Science at the Smithsonian...
a diagram of a killer whale using echolocation
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Echolocation

A whale sends out an echolocation whistle using air sacs. It detects the reflected...
a graphic with every penguin species
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How Big Do Penguins Get?

The largest of the penguins, the emperor, stands at just over four feet while the...
a graphic of seals, sea lion, and a walrus
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How Big Do Seals Get?

Pinnipeds come in all shapes and sizes. The largest seal is the Southern...
a fifty-five gallon aquarium
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Fifty-five gallon Tank

Equipment in the AquaRoom, like this 55-gallon tank, came from crowdsourcing...
a orange spotted jellyfish
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Orange Spotted Jellyfish

As this species of box jellyfish ages, it will grow two more tentacles. Right now,...
a neon purple jellyfish
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Floating Jelly

This jellyfish, Scolionema suvaense, was raised in the National Museum of...
a diagram comparing the size of a water droplet to the size of a bacteria to the size of a virus
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The Size of a Virus

Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria. Here, a water droplet is used...

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