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Nature's Best Photography 2018

Explore the winning photos from the 2018 Nature's Best Photography contest! Every...

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Blackwater Divers Illuminate Sea Life at Night

Blackwater diving is a recreational form of scuba diving that occurs during the...

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A Dazzling Ocotopus

“If you dive Hawaiian reefs, you might see 3 or 4 species of cephalopods....

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Sea Slugs that Fly

“Prior to focusing on the black water dives, I loved to photograph nudibranchs at...

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If Leaves were Wings

While the partnership between divers and scientists focuses on larval species, the...

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Invisible Eels

“Eel larvae are very transparent and fast moving, thus are challenging photo...

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Spaceship Mollusk

No, this is not an alien spaceship from another world—it is a baby file clam...

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Spin Hagfish Slime into Silk

Believe it or not, this unraveling thread is from hagfish slime. Hagfish are...

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How Mangroves Deal with Saltwater

Looking at a white mangrove (Avicennia marina) leaf cross-section under the...

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Zooplankton in the Eye of a Needle

Zooplankton are small—but do you know just how small? This drop of water smaller...

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Fireworm Bristles

No, this isn't a bundle of paintbrushes: you're looking at a fireworm...

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Close-Up of Dover Sole Skin

This close-up of the skin of dover sole (Solea solea) masks its true ability: to...