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Small red hyperiid.
Slideshow

The Hyper Eyes of Hyperiids: How Some Shrimp-Like Creatures See Light in the Deep Sea

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The Komodo National Park site in Indonesia was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1991. The site hosts "Komodo dragons" (Varanus komodoensis), a unique species that exists nowhere else in the world and is of great interest to scientists studying evolu
Article

Tunicates—Not So Spineless Invertebrates

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An adult and juvenile killer whale frolic in the water.
Article

Menopausal Moms: A Mammal Mystery

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A narwhal breaches the surface, its tusk pointed to the sky
Article

Why a Tusk? The real-life unicorns of the sea and the tusks that make them famous

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Like other cephalopods, the common cuttlefish (Sepia officials Linnaeus, 1758) possesses serious brain power.
Article

So You Think You're Smarter Than a Cephalopod?

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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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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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