Search

Showing results for

Content type

Article Type

Topics

Tags

This colony of <em>Rosacea</em> may look like a single jellyfish, but it is actually a large group of smaller siphonophores clustered and living together.
Photo

Jellyfish, or Siphonophore Colony?

View Image
Nine small invertebrates held on two fingers.
Article

On Biodiversity: Understanding its Meaning and Importance

Read the Full Article
One of the&nbsp;most impressive photosynthesizers is a cyanobacterium called Prochlorococcus. It is estimated to be more abundant than any other photosynthesizer on the planet, and to be responsible for producing 20 percent of the oxygen in the atmosphere.
Video

Meet the obscure microbe that influences climate, ocean ecosystems, and perhaps even evolution

Watch the Video
Deep-sea Copepod Head
Photo

Deep-sea Copepod Gets a Close-up

View Image
A spiraled diatom with spines.
Photo

A Diatom Helix

View Image
A deep-water larvacean (aka “sea tadpole”) inside its home.
Photo

Deep-Water Larvacean, or “Sea-Tadpole”

View Image
A bull shark's ability to prey on many different species is helped by its capacity to survive in both freshwater and saltwater.
Photo

Swinging for Bull Sharks

View Image
10 grains of star shaped sand collected from southern Japan
Photo

Star Sand Grains Collected from Southern Japan

View Image
A close-up image of deep-sea fish Argyropelecus aculeatus
Article

15 Creatures in the Gulf of Mexico that are Stranger Than Fiction

Read the Full Article
A female (top left) and male Photerus annecohenae. Note that females are larger than males (sexual dimorphism) and that males have bigger eyes.
Article

You Light Up My World!

Read the Full Article
Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
Lesson Plan

Just Jelly: ecological role of gelatinous zooplankton

Read the Full Overview
Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
Lesson Plan

The Great Plankton Race

Read the Full Overview