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![This recently discovered hairy crab species (Kiwa hirsuta) has no eyes.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/image001-full_1.jpg.webp?itok=Igx7JQV9)
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The Census of Marine Life
Did you know that over 17,000 species thrive in the deep sea where no light......![Seagrasses are flowering plants that can form dense underwater meadows and are an important shallow water habitat.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/ChristofferBostrom_Zosteramarina_Finland.jpg.webp?itok=m0-RKki4)
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Seagrass and Seagrass Beds
Seagrasses are found in shallow salty and brackish waters in many parts of the......![Hawaiian monk seals are among the wildlife found within the Papahānaumokuākea World Heritage Site.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/HawaiianMonkSeal_JamesWatt_SeaPicsCropped_0_0.jpg.webp?itok=zX0MqQL_)
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Backbone of Biodiversity at Risk
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) maintains the......![The Peninsula Valdes in Argentina was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1999. The site is home to important breeding populations of the endangered southern right whale (Eubalaena australis), southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), and southern sea](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/Peninsula-Valdez.jpg.webp?itok=IRpT8oUm)
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Marine World Heritage Photo Gallery
Marine World Heritage is a prestigious list of 50 marine ecosystems and......![Coral scientist Dr. Amy Baco-Taylor observed corals like these on her first submarine dive to a deep-sea coral bed off the coast of Hawaii.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/deep_sea_coral_community_full.jpg.webp?itok=iVxQ0pym)
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Diversity of Deep-Sea Corals
Sample the surprising diversity of deep-sea corals. See some of the ways they......![A photo of Oceana's ice class research vessel, the Hanse Explorer, on the Baltic Sea.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/1_HanseExplorer.jpg.webp?itok=Iuejc28h)
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Biodiversity in the Baltic Sea
In the spring of 2011, a research crew from Oceana spent two months in the......![Colorful fishes throng a reef in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/800px-Nwhi_-_French_Frigate_Shoals_reef_-_many_fish_0.jpg.webp?itok=7oNzeQ14)
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Bizarre and Beautiful Coral Reef Animals
From parrotfish that cover themselves in a blanket of their own mucus to tiny...![A variety of corals cling to Manning Seamount, just off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/2_08-M-02-G-01-040415084532JM_1.jpg.webp?itok=UXrNDtep)
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Seamounts, A Deep-Sea Habitat
Thousands of seamounts—most of them undersea volcanoes—tower above the muddy......![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.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/lobstergrab_full_0.jpg.webp?itok=4koJ_nDP)
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Deep Ocean Diversity Slideshow
Deep sea animals have to live in a very cold, dark, and high-pressure environment......![“Upon returning from the reef after a night dive, I swam toward a bright reflection and came eye-to-eye with this beautiful, curious squid.” -- Nature's Best photographer Charles Viggers.Equipment Used to Capture the Shot: Nikon D700; 105mm ƒ/2.8 lens](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/CharlesViggers_Squid.jpg.webp?itok=WyXAErlN)
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