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Larvae sea bass looking at the adult version of itself with a black background.

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Are You My Mommy?

Human infants often already resemble their parents. Visitors coo, "Oh, she has your...

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Hurricanes and Marine Life

When hurricanes blow through an area, they don’t just have an impact on humans....

A blenny fish against both a white and black backdrop, where you can see its beautiful color pattern.

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A New Fish DROP-ping In

By diving in the Curasub, Smithsonian researchers with the Deep Reef Observation...

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Trapezia Crabs Watercolors

These watercolor sketches of Trapezia crabs were drawn by Frederick Bayer, a former...

400 to 1,000 year old bones from an endangered seabird, the Hawaiian petrel. Bones such as these provide a window into the lives of seabirds before and after human arrival in the open ocean environments of the North Pacific.

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Petrel Bones Help Us Understand History

400 to 1,000 year old bones from an endangered seabird, the Hawaiian petrel. Bones...

A satellite image of Hurricane Sandy as it passed over Cuba and Jamaica on October 25, 2012.

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Hurricane Sandy "Frankenstorm" Over Cuba

What do you get when you mix together a hurricane, the remnants of a wintry...

Submarine pilot Bruce Brandt secures ARMS to the outside of the submersible Curasub so it can deploy ARMS on the seafloor.

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ARMS Deployment from a Submarine

Submarine pilot Bruce Brandt secures ARMS (Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures)...

DROP researchers successfully deploy a deep-sea ARMS at 396 feet using their submersible.

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Deploying ARMS in the Deep Reef

Deploying ARMS (Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures) is tricky in the deep sea,...

This small sea star, little more than an inch across, is orange on top and whitish underneath.

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Little Sea Star

It’s an honor to have something or someone named after you. Dr. David Pawson,...

This purple urchin Paleopneustes cristatus is seldom seen by itself, and can be found in groups of hundreds.

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Purple Sea Urchin

This purple urchin Paleopneustes cristatus is seldom seen by itself, and...

An unidentified moray eel held in researcher's hands.

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A Baby Moray Eel, or a Really Small Adult?

This is an unidentified moray eel, collected from 650 feet off the coast of...

The acidic waters from the CO2 seeps can dissolve shells and also make it harder for shells to grow in the first place.

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Dissolving Shell

The acidic waters from CO2 seeps can dissolve shells and also make it harder for...

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Hurricane Sandy "Frankenstorm" Over Cuba

ARMS Deployment from a Submarine

Deploying ARMS in the Deep Reef

Little Sea Star

Purple Sea Urchin

A Baby Moray Eel, or a Really Small Adult?

Dissolving Shell

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