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Clark studying a shark jaw

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Eugenie Clark with Shark Jaw

March 2018

Starfish—marine invertebrates of the phylum Echinodermata—are famous for their ability to shed limbs as a means of defense and then regenerate the sacrificed part.

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Haeckel Starfish

June 2015

Trash Detective and marine ecologist Chelsea Rochman cruises through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, net in hand, scooping up plastic, fouling communities and more.

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Trash Detectives at Work

April 2015

Rhabdosoma’s uncommon eye arrangement allows the animal to see 360 degrees.

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360-Degree Eyesight

March 2016

An unidentified earplug from the National Museum of Natural History collection.

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Whale Earwax

January 2016

Chuniphyes are siphonophores—colonial organisms in the same phylum as jellyfish, working together to survive.

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Ultimate Teamwork

March 2016

This young Gonatus squid is still translucent, making it tricky for predators to spot it.

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Deep Sea Squid

March 2016

Aegina citrea are stealth predators that push their tentacles ahead of their body or bell as they swim through the water.

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Ocean Lemon Drop

March 2016

Cystisoma (a type of hyperiid crustacean) has one huge pair of eyes.

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Giant Eyes

March 2016

These shrimp-like crustaceans called Gnathophausia are incredibly hardy and only need to eat every few months.

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Intense Fasting

March 2016

Like a typical jelly, the tentacles of Haliscera biglowi trail behind it as it moves, causing water flow to push small organisms into the path of the jelly’s deadly stinging grip.

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Stinging Grip

March 2016

Corolla moves through the water by flapping a wing plate nearly twice the size of its gelatinous shell, giving it the nickname “sea butterfly”.

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Sea Butterfly

March 2016