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a lanternfish's scales glitter blue in a black sea
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The Ocean at Night

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two polychaete worms side by side
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Pettibone's Polychaete

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eskimos land a skin boat in the ice
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Siberian Yupik Eskimo Skin Boat

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A common bottlenose dolphin swimming.
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Common Bottlenose Dolphin

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Octocorals dominated the seafloor on Chris Mah's Okeanos mission to Johnston Atoll in the remote Pacific Ocean.
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Deep-sea octocorals: An ecosystem of their own

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A Bryde's whale catches a meal
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Bryde's Whale

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A large, white jellyfish floats through murky water
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Ghosts of the Ocean: Explaining Marine Life Devoid of Color

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Acorn barnacles living on top of a crab.
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An Edible Crab Covered with Barnacles

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Unlike the shallow tropical coral reef at left, the deep-sea Oculina reef at right does not require sunlight.
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Shallow and Deep-Sea Coral Reefs

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Three types of squid tentacles and their suckers
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A Squid's Suckers

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The ultra-black Pacific blackdragon forms a circular shape with its body.
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Scientists Find First Ultra-Black Color in Deep-Sea Fishes

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Auster gets ready to study fish predators at Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary off the coast of Georgia.
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Peter Auster: The Gee Whiz Factor

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