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Sylvia Earle on a beach
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Sylvia Earle

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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

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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

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Sand dollars (like those pictured in this set of illustrations) are flattened, burrowing sea urchins. Dead, sunlight-bleached specimens resemble silver coins, hence their common name. These figures portray a sand dollar’s lifecycle from larva to adult.
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Sea Urchins

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Marine debris collected in a harbor after Hurricane Katrina.
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Hurricane Katrina Marine Debris

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Photo of a mountain of billiard balls made from ivory.
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Ivory Billiard Balls

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The Block Island Wind Farm used a reinforced building technique called a “jacket foundation” and sit in roughly 75 feet (23 m) of water.  
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Close-up of Block Island Wind Turbine

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The RECOVER team fishes for wild mahi mahi to tag.
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Fishing for Mahi Mahi

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Illustration of two ancient penguin species next to the smaller living Humboldt penguin.
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Ancient Penguin Illustration

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Lamlash Bay marine reserve with Holy Island in the background. 
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Lamlash Bay

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First Place (High School age group): What Goes On Your Plate by Ruofei Rao, Age 17, New Zealand
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What Goes On Your Plate

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The Portage Glacier near Anchorage, Alaska has retreated so much that it is no longer visible from the visitor center built for its viewing in 1986.
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Portage Glacier

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