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A healthy, deep sea octocoral and their brittle star partners
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Brittle stars and their best friends the octocorals

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Two years after being covered in an oil substance, from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, deep-sea corals were colonized by hydroids and their branches began to break off. 
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Floc On Gulf Coral

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: Black corals often resemble bushes or trees. Their living tissue can be one of several colors. It’s the skeleton that is black.
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Black Corals

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A many-armed, orange starfish.
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A Filter-Feeding Starfish

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Census researchers discovered this sea cucumber (Enypniastes sp.) in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Transparent Sea Cucumber

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Despite its demonic look, the vampire squid collects and eats drifting particles called "marine snow" using two long, sticky filaments.
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The Vampire Squid from Hell

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Woods Hole researchers sample oil from the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico
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Scientists From Woods Hole Respond to Gulf Oil Spill

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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The Adventures of Zack and Molly Learning Guide

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Illustration from video showing Zack and Molly in a deep sea submersible.
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The Adventures of Zack and Molly: Part 2

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Tiny "flakes" of marine snow.
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A Snowy Underwater Wonderland

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Down below where the sunlight cannot penetrate, the ocean is a dark, cold and alien landscape. Can life really exist in such an extreme environment? NOAA Ocean Today Every Full Moon takes a look at the bizarre and remarkable creatures that persist in the d
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Mysteries of the Mesopelagic

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Bioluminescence in Art and Science with Edie Widder

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