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A thresher shark uses its unusual tail fin for swimming and hunting.
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The Thrashing Thresher Shark

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Every year, at the same place and time, thousands of female Kemp's ridley sea turtles come ashore to nest and lay their eggs on the beach. This mass nesting event is known as an arribada, meaning “arrival by sea” in Spanish.
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Kemp's Ridley Nesting "Arribada"

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Illustrations of radiolarians from Ernst Haeckel.
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Radiolarians

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The weedy sea dragon male can hold around 250 eggs in his pouch.
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The Dragon of the Sea

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The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred on March 24, 1989 when an oil tanker grounded on a reef in Alaska’s Prince William Sound. It spilled almost 11 million gallons of crude oil, which reached 1,300 miles of coastline. The spill's remote location, accessib
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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

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A Turtle Excluder Device (TED) enables a loggerhead turtle to escape from a net.
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Loggerhead Escapes from Fishing Net

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In 2011, storms and lack of ice-cover due to a warmer winter climate resulted in hundreds of seal pups being washed up on the shore of Prince Edward Island. Like many, this young seal faced an uncertain future. See more Nature's Best Photos.
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Harp Seal, Prince Edward Island National Park, Canada

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a lanternfish's scales glitter blue in a black sea
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Lanternfish

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a female scientist with orange glasses holds a preserved fish
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Adela Roa-Varon

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an aquarium with a reef
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St. Lucie County Aquarium Reef

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5 men and 1 woman
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Mary Rice with Sec. Robert McC. Adams after officially relocating the SMS

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a yellow sea cucumber
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Deep Sea Cucumber

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