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The crew aboard Oceana’s research vessel Ranger were surprised to discover large colonies of deep-sea white coral in the Western Mediterranean Sea.
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Deep Coral Sighted in Mediterranean

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Many medicines were based on a chemical from the sea sponge Tectitethya crypta.
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From Sea Sponge to HIV Medicine

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Scientists attached this Crittercam to a sperm whale in an effort to film a giant squid in its natural habitat.
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Crittercam

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Many medicines were based on a chemical from the sea sponge Tectitethya crypta.
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Five Questions for Shirley Pomponi, Medical Sponge Hunter

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A clear tomoptorid with many leg-like parapodia photographed on a black background.
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Tech Imitates Life: Sneaky Sea Worm Inspires Soft Robots

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A translucent hyperiid on a black background with orange stripes along its head.
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Many Eyes, Many Perspectives: The Astonishing Visual Systems of Hyperiids

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Dr. Clyde Roper in a one-person submersible.
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One-Person Submersible

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The Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structure was developed to help scientists study coral reef diversity and have now been adopted broadly to study diversity around the world.
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Uncovering Biodiversity… with ARMS and a Submarine Claw

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Dr. Brendan Roark discusses different methods of sampling deep-sea corals with undergraduate students at Texas A&M University.
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Coral Scientist Brendan Roark: On an Urgent Mission

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A screenshot of some of Smithsonian's marine story windows in Google Earth
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What Lives in the Gulf of Mexico? Exploring Marine Collections on Google Earth

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A robotic arm on the Johnson-Sea-Link submersible retrieves Galatheid crabs for research. In the background is a species of the deep-sea coral Lophelia.
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Collecting Deep-Sea Crabs

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Spiral-tufted bryozoan
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A Bryozoan's Medical Endosymbiont

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