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A pearly razorfish
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Pearly Razorfish

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Plastic does not biodegrade; it photodegrades, which means that sunlight breaks it down into smaller and smaller pieces. These bits of plastic and plankton were collected during a 3:00 am manta net tow, and are just a sample of the plankton-like plastic pi
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Plastic Bits from the Gyre

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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.
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Blind Lobster

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A large tiger shark swims above a thresher shark, epaulette shark, and zebra shark in the open ocean
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Shark Tail Fins Tell a Story

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This small sea star, little more than an inch across, is orange on top and whitish underneath.
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Little Sea Star

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A female giant squid being prepared for display.
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Female Giant Squid

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Jellyfish produce mucus, especially when stressed, which can interact with oil and break it down. This moon jellyfish is sloughing off mucus that has mixed with droplets of oil.
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Moon Jellyfish With Oil & Mucus

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A couple inches wide and up to ten feet long, the bobbit worm stays hidden under tropical sands with just its five antennae poking out—waiting for prey to swim by.
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The Bobbit Worm

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The Amazon River carries all the rainwater that lands in the Amazon rainforest, covering some 2.1 million square miles, into the ocean. And with it, it carries vital nutrients like phosphorus, nitrogen and silicon.
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Where the Amazon Meets the Ocean

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wooden ships are swept into Providence, RI during a storm
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The Great Gale

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

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Bubbles of methane gas rise through a mussel bed in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Methane Bubbles Up From Seep

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