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Invertebrate Zoology & its affiliates: NOAA/NMFS National Systematics Laboratory and USDA National Parasite Collection.

Dr. Briana Pobner talks about SEA SCOPRIONS! the fossil group Eurypterida, the state fossil of New York!
08/27/2026

Dr. Briana Pobner talks about SEA SCOPRIONS! the fossil group Eurypterida, the state fossil of New York!

(Watch an audio described version of this video here: https://youtu...

TRIPLE DUMBO OCTOPUS VIDEOS!
08/27/2026

TRIPLE DUMBO OCTOPUS VIDEOS!

If you’re looking for a dumbo octopus, it turns out the abyssal pla...

BOLOSOMA! Giant sponge seen by during the 2017 voyage to American Samoa!
08/27/2026

BOLOSOMA! Giant sponge seen by during the 2017 voyage to American Samoa!

Check out this new species of Bolosoma sponge! Video produced by ...

08/24/2026

While the weather settles down, here's an amazing hydromedusae from the 2017 voyage of Explorer to American Samoa!

08/17/2026

oh NEAT! Rarely seen Bathyopsurus! isopod!

New genus, species and FAMILY described by Andrea Quattrini! Our curator of corals! and etymology derived from ELVISH no...
08/17/2026

New genus, species and FAMILY described by Andrea Quattrini! Our curator of corals! and etymology derived from ELVISH no less! Costa Rica!

A bright yellow new coral species found in Costa Rica has been named in Tolkien's Elvish and needed a whole new scientific family of its own.

Wow! !
08/10/2026

Wow! !

It seems like 2026 is going to be the summer of the Magnapinna! Our NA180 Corps of Exploration spotted not one but TWO more of these iconic cephalopods while exploring the waters of the Federated States of Micronesia with ROVs Little Hercules and Atalanta. Bigfin squid (genus Magnapinna) have been s...

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