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A rendering of an underwater marine scene from the Cambrian Period, featuring an arthropod, annelids, and other animals.
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A Collection of Cambrian Fossils

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an elephant seal with a tracker
Article

Citizens of the High Seas

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A screenshot from the video showing a fiddler crab with a large claw.
Video

Claws Out: Fiddler Crabs Do Battle

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The sea star Odontaster validus and sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri are often found living in association with one another along the Antarctic coastline, here during the Census of Marine Life.
Overview

Sea Stars, Urchins, and Relatives

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a flounder blends into the sandy seafloor
Article

Fish Fins that can Taste

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two polychaete worms side by side
Photo

Pettibone's Polychaete

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This male dancing fiddler crab (Uca terpsichores) has built a sand “hood” at the entrance to his burrow, which he hopes will attract females to his humble abode—as if that big beautiful claw of his weren't enough!
Article

The Design of a Beautiful Weapon

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Walter Adey and the NMNH coral reef tank
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Walter Adey and Coral Reef Tank

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Bright bubblegum coral sits on a brown, hard substrate.
Article

Optimism in the Deep Sea - Connecting Corals, Museums, and Ocean Managers

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Hawaiian monk seals are among the wildlife found within the Papahānaumokuākea World Heritage Site.
Slideshow

Backbone of Biodiversity at Risk

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
Lesson Plan

Exploring Explorations

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Sea squire illustrations from Ernst Haeckel.
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Sea Squirts

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