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![A shell placed in seawater with increased acidity slowly dissolves over 45 days.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/PMEL_Feely_dissolving-shells_main_1.jpg.webp?itok=X5Vs7NSf)
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Ocean Acidification
Ocean acidification is sometimes called “climate change’s equally evil twin,”......![Small red hyperiid.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/LanceolaD410T-006.jpeg.webp?itok=LpT9zxlE)
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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......![A translucent hyperiid on a black background with orange stripes along its head.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_large/public/2023-11/paraphronima_orange_stripes.png.webp?itok=fp3BURM1)
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Many Eyes, Many Perspectives: The Astonishing Visual Systems of Hyperiids
In any given scoop of seawater, you will find an assortment of tiny critters...
January 2020
![A large, black instrument is hauled onto a ship's deck by researchers wearing hard hats and life vests.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_large/public/2023-11/ISIIS_CONCORDE.jpg.webp?itok=1SdNTfsL)
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What the Big Picture Can Teach Us About Tiny Ocean Creatures
A 1,000-pound metal instrument—about the size of a two-seat Smart car—drops off......
March 2019
![Amphipod: Salp Invader A transparent amphipod looks a bit like a lobster, surrounded by white eggs.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/Phronima_atlantica_1.jpeg.webp?itok=yBWzL3Md)
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Amphipod: Salp Invader
Can you spot the amphipod (Phronima atlantica) in the below photo? She's the......![Zooplankton are small—but do you know just how small? This drop of water smaller than the eye of a needle is magnified 20x and contains multitudes.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/needle.jpg.webp?itok=Z8Xpf8OJ)
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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......![Radiolarian Shells](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/radiolaria-shells.jpg.webp?itok=QLByR7lm)
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Glassy Radiolarian Beauty
The shells of radiolarians rank among some of the treasures of the ocean, with......![Beating Cilia of Comb Jelly Combs](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/seagooseberry.jpg.webp?itok=v-bELn-t)
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Sea Gooseberry Larva
These beautiful wisps are the hair-like cilia of a sea gooseberry larva, a common......![Male copepods are distinctly different from female copepods.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/Scaphocalanus_acrocephalus.jpg.webp?itok=4jJ8dGsd)
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Male Copepod
In many species of copepods, males are rare and short-lived. This male of......![Oikopleura gorskyi is a rare deep-water species of larvacean](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/deep_water_larvacean.jpg.webp?itok=dXFix-1L)
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Deep-Water Larvacean
Found in Arctic waters, this rare deep-water species of larvacean, Oikopleura......![Calanus hyperboerus is the preferred food for Bowhead whales.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/calanus_hyperboreus.jpg.webp?itok=U14N-sLI)
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