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I Was a Kid- Stories of How Scientists Got to Where They are Today

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Nancy Knowlton in the coral collections

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a blue larval cusk eel with a protruding gut
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Spilled Guts

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Three Killer whales (Orca) swim along side researchers.
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Listening for Clues About Sonar’s Effects on Marine Mammals

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Red Pigfish and Blue Mao-Mao school at the edge of a cavern in New Zealand's Poor Knights Islands. Read photographer Brian Skerry's story behind this photo.
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Behind the Photo: The Primal Ocean

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Orange Spotted Jellyfish

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a ships sets a purse seine.
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Purse Seine

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This is a series of images showing how a typical nightly courtship display would look like, where certain males initiate the display (2), others follow (3), and different species display their own unique “light shows” nearby (4 and 5).
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A typical nightly courtship display for P. annecohenae

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Close-up image of white starfish feet.
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Starfish Feet

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A cable connects a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to a ship at the surface.
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ROV Tethered to Ship

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Pearly nacre of a nautilus shell
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Osmena Pearl

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Benthic scientists are interested in organisms on the seafloor.
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The ‘Mud People'

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