Media Gallery: Photos

  • Two researchers, looking for fossil whales, scan a rock formation in Peru's Pisco Basin.

    Searching for Fossil Whales in Peru
    Sep 12 2011 - 2:08pm
    George Mason University professor Mark D. Uhen and Dr. Matthew Lewin of the University of California, San Francisco, survey rocks of the Paracas Formation, in the southern part of Peru's Pisco Basin...
  • <p>Amanda Feuerstein with a nesting olive ridley (<em><strong><a href="http://eol.org/pages/1056177/overview">Lepidochelys olivacea</a></strong></em>). Feuerstein is a co-author of a study that surveyed algae, crustaceans, mollusks, and other epibionts that live on the turtles in the Pacific Ocean.</p>

    Searching for Life -- Epibionts -- On Sea Turtles
    Nov 8 2011 - 4:34pm
    Amanda Feuerstein with a nesting olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea). Feuerstein is a co-author of a study that surveyed algae, crustaceans, mollusks, and other epibionts that live on olive ridley...
  • A photo of a seaside town with boats docked in the harbor and buildings along the shore.

    Seaside Fishing Town
    Mar 18 2011 - 2:40pm
    A still from The Changing Sea, part of the 19th Annual Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital.
  • Winner of the ‘best camoflauge’ contest, the nudibranch Scyllaea pelagica is betrayed only by motion.

    Seaslug Camouflages in Seaweed
    May 21 2012 - 5:39pm
    Winner of the ‘best camoflauge’ contest, the nudibranch Scyllaea pelagica (Scyllaeidae) is usually betrayed only by its motion. Along it’s back, the sea slug has growths called papillae that help its...
  • Students examine a beach at low tide.

    Seattle Aquarium Delegation
    Feb 7 2011 - 8:07pm
    What can students do to help the ocean? It turns out, a lot! These students from Seattle are among dozens from the U.S. and Mexico who are developing action plans on ocean and climate-related issues...
  • David Barouh displays fresh fish for sale at Seattle’s Pike Place Market

    Seattle Fishmonger
    Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am
    David Barouh displays fresh fish for sale at the legendary Pure Food Fish Market in Seattle’s Pike Place Market. Before you make your next trip to the grocery store, we hope you explore our...
  • Seven of the newly discovered Starksia blennies, small fish with elongated bodies

    Seven New Fish Discovered
    Apr 25 2013 - 8:06am
    Starksia blennies, small fish with elongated bodies, generally native to shallow to moderately deep rock and coral reefs in the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific oceans, have been well-studied for...
  • Unlike the shallow tropical coral reef at left, the deep-sea Oculina reef at right does not require sunlight.

    Shallow and Deep-Sea Coral Reefs
    Jun 7 2011 - 9:10am
    Unlike the shallow tropical coral reef pictured on the top, the deep-sea Oculina reef at bottom does not require sunlight. Learn more in the article "Coral Gardens of the Deep Sea."
  • In this photo of a shallow coral reef in the Pacific there are three species of forams. Their colors come from the symbiotic algae that live inside the foram shells.

    Shallow Coral Reef Foraminifers
    Jan 24 2013 - 10:32am
    In this photo of a shallow coral reef in the Pacific there are three species of forams. On the left, Peneroplis planatus. In the center, Amphistegina lessonii. And on the right, Laevipeneroplis sp....
  • Pirates divide up the riches they plundered.

    Sharing the Booty
    Jul 6 2010 - 3:21pm
    Pirates divide up the riches they plundered. Most pirates abided by their own codes of conduct, and life aboard pirate ships was more democratic than that on naval ships of the time.
  • Newspapers with shark attack headlines in South Africa.

    Shark Attack Headlines
    Dec 17 2009 - 7:15pm
    Whenever a shark attacks a human, it's headline news. But when a human kills a shark, it goes unreported. Fear keeps many people from caring about sharks. But sharks have more reason to fear us than...
  • <p>The Shark Bay site in Australia was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1991. The site is home to the world's richest and largest sea-grass beds; five species of endangered marine mammals, including dugongs (<em>Dugong dugon</em>), which feed on the grass; and stromatolites, dome-shaped structures created by cyanobacteria, one of the oldest forms of life on earth.</p>

    Shark Bay, Australia
    Nov 4 2010 - 11:40am
    The Shark Bay site in Australia was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1991. The site is home to the world's richest and largest sea-grass beds; five species of endangered marine mammals,...