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Sea Slug

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Stunning Sea Slug

April 2018

A close up of a sediment core.

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Sediment Core Close-Up

January 2014

The black sea nettle jellyfish can grow to twenty-five feet long.

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The Black Sea Nettle

August 2013

Chuniphyes are siphonophores—colonial organisms in the same phylum as jellyfish, working together to survive.

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Ultimate Teamwork

March 2016

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.

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Zooplankton in the Eye of a Needle

February 2014

Illustration of copepods from Ernst Haeckel.

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Copepods

June 2015

A brown-colored deep-sea coral sits on the deep ocean floor and is covered with brown oil floc.

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Anemone On Deep Sea Coral

November 2017

Unlike the other six species of marine turtle, the Australian flatback (Natator depressus) has a very limited distribution, found only from northern Australia to Papua New Guinea/Indonesia and it only breeds in Australia. Flatback turtles tend to spend mos

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Flatback Sea Turtle

May 2013

“Once in a while, manta rays appear in great numbers in a small bay in the Baa Atoll. The concentration of plankton must be very high in this particular bay, because up to 200 manta rays have been seen here at one time. It can be difficult to capture a n

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Manta Rays, Baa Atoll, Hanifaru Bay, Maldives

January 2013

Cabinet ministers from the Maldives sign a declaration to fight climate change – underwater!

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Maldives cabinet meeting underwater

March 2010

And in Edgewater, Maryland, scientists at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center examine the influences of climate change, excess nutrients, and surrounding habitats on mangroves

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Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

January 2010

An illustration of the megalodon shark.

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Ancient Giant Megatooth Shark

January 2010