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    Here Be Dragons

    Ocean researcher Edith Widder has made it her life’s work to explore the unexplored. What does she find lurking in the deepest corners of the ocean? There may not be dragons, but the giant squids, bioluminescent jelly fish and other sea creatures she finds stretches our understanding of biological life.

    Edith Widder
    CEO & Senior Scientist, Ocean Research & Conservation Association

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