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A screenshot from the video showing a dumbo octopod swimming in water.
Video

Video of Cirrate Octopod aka Dumbo Octopus

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A screenshot of some of Smithsonian's marine story windows in Google Earth
Article

What Lives in the Gulf of Mexico? Exploring Marine Collections on Google Earth

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a squid in blue water
Video

Quest for the Giant Squid

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Close-up photograph of translucent coral polyps, showing the symbiotic algae living inside.
Slideshow

Zooxanthellae and Coral Bleaching

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Coral scientist Dr. Amy Baco-Taylor observed corals like these on her first submarine dive to a deep-sea coral bed off the coast of Hawaii.
Slideshow

Diversity of Deep-Sea Corals

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Jellyfish are transparent and made up of 95 percent water, so you’d think there isn’t much to them. But you’d be wrong. Jellyfish are more complex than you’d think—and one of their most fascinating parts is their stinging cells.
Video

How Do Jellyfish Sting?

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Horizontal bands of color represent different species of lichen that have adapted to the conditions at different heights above sea level.
Article

Seaside Lichens

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This new species of lobster (Dinochelus ausubeli) is blind and has bizarre claws. It was discovered about 300 meters (984 feet) deep in the Philippine Sea by a Census of Marine Life expedition.
Slideshow

Deep Ocean Diversity Slideshow

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A congregation of Horseshoe Crabs.
Video

The Amazing Horseshoe Crab

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Screenshot from Census of Marine Life video of the bottom of a red-colored octopus in dark water.
Video

Creature Feature from the Census of Marine Life

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
Lesson Plan

Benthic Drug Store

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Chrysaora melanaster is a jellyfish found in the Arctic.
Overview

Jellyfish and Comb Jellies

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