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Screenshot of Gulf oil spill interactive.
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Gulf Oil Spill Interactive Screenshot

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"Black smokers" spew hot water full of particles from the seafloor.
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Black Smoker at a Hydrothermal Vent

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Portrait of Mary Anning, before 1842
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Portrait of Mary Anning, before 1842

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

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In this photo, the jellyfish Pandea rubra may have been surprised by a camera light or in a defensive state, causing it to contract its red mantle and reveal its complex muscle anatomy.
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Red Paper Lantern Jellyfish

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Hastigerinella digitata's many spines support sticky, hair-like “fishing lines” made from cytoplasm (the living part of a cell – mostly fluid, salts and proteins) that entangle prey.
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Tiny, but Deadly

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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

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

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

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This female hyperiid (Phronima sedentaria), a type of marine crustacean, is surrounded by her young inside the hollowed out barrel-shaped body cavity of a salp.
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Extreme Parenting

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Tomopteris's bristles produce yellow bioluminescence, a unusual color among midwater animals, nearly all of which make some sort of light.
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Glow Worms

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

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