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“This shark was cruising low along the reef known as Alcyone. Her left eye was glancing up toward other hammerheads when I took this shot from below.” -- Nature's Best photographer, Alan Studley.Equipment Used to Capture the Shot: Nikon D300; Tokin
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Hammerhead Shark, Cocos Island, Costa Rica

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Rutgers oceanographers and robotic glider
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The Scarlet Knight and Rutgers Oceanographers

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A map of Boston showing which streets would be flooded if sea level rose by 3 meters.
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Map of Boston with 3-meter sea level rise

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A manta ray meets a diver face-to-face near San Benedicto, Mexico.
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Diver Meets Manta Ray

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This jelly’s red color provides camouflage in the ocean depths.
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Unidentified Comb Jelly

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The long barbel on the chin of this dragonfish has a glowing tip that may attract prey.
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Scaly Dragonfish

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Giant eyes spot prey. Huge claws grab the prey, and a tiny mouth rips it to shreds.
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Phronima

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This deep-sea jellyfish was caught on film by an ROV east of Izu-Oshina Island, Japan.
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Atolla Jellyfish from the Waters of Japan

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Melissa Frey, Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) Rubenstein Fellow, examines a Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) on a chilly day in Sidney, British Columbia. In addition to holding an EOL Fellowship, Melissa is a Research Associate at the Royal BC Museum, where she continues to engage in taxonomic studies.
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Taxonomic studies

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The arrows show the direction of ocean currents recorded by William Dampier while crossing “La Grande Mer du Sud”—the Pacific Ocean.
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Pacific Ocean Currents

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As Dampier studied the plants he encountered in Australia, he wrote that they were “for the most part unlike any I had seen elsewhere.” In fact, nearly all the plants Dampier observed were entirely unknown to botanists at that time.
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More Australian Plants

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This is the cover of the book Dampier wrote about his first trip around the world.
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Book Cover for Dampier's Account of his First Trip Around the World

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