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Rudist clams are mollusks that went extinct about 65 million years ago.
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Rudist Clams

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J. Murray Roberts studies and maps the cold-water corals known as Lophelia in the North Atlantic.
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J. Murray Roberts, Coral Scientist

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A piece of the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef exhibit.
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A Rainbow of Crocheted Corals

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A researcher holds a maritime archaic point made of ramah chert that was found at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada in 2011
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Ancient Maritime Archaic Indian Point

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Unlike the green, leafy algae we're used to seeing, coralline algae has a hard crust—which you can see here at the molecular level under a scanning electron microscope.
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Coralline Algae Under the Microscope

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Red Phalaropes have specialized in feeding in open water by spinning rapidly on the surface to create a small whirlpool, which draws plankton to the surface to eat.
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Red Pharalopes

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Weddell seals grind their teeth on holes in the ice to keep them open to their comings and goings between ocean and air.
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Weddell Seal in Antarctic Water

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Dover Sole Skin
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Close-Up of Dover Sole Skin

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A map of the early European whaling site at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada
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Map of Early European Whaling Region

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Seahorse couples (such as these Hippocampus histrix) greet each other every morning with a unique dance that sometimes involves changing color. The couple promenades and pirouettes together for several minutes before separating for the rest of the day. The
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Dancing Seahorse Pairs

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In some reefs, small fishes such as this broad-barred goby protect corals by eating invading seaweeds.
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Coral Goby Cleans Coral

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Gentoo penguin mother with her chick in Antarctica.
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Gentoo Penguin Mother and Chick

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