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a fossilized ancient sea creature
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Wiwaxia

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A close-up of Lidia the Seal—like the view you'd get if you approach the sculpture in real life—shows the gory details of the everyday objects that wash up on the beach.
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Lidia the Seal Detail

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Fish have certain adaptations, like blood with built-in antifreeze, to survive in the Antarctic.
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Fish Adapt to Icy Water

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Many Antarctic creatures, like the dinner-plate-sized sea spiders, have evolved to a gigantic size to cope with the extreme environment.
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Cold-Water Sea Spider

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Snow petrels hunt in Antarctic sea ice, feeding on krill and fish.
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Snow Petrel

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A small Adélie penguin hops on a piece of ice.
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Adélie Penguin Jumping Out of the Water

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Looking through this iceberg's reflection in the Antarctic water, you can see the iceberg below the surface—some 90% of its total volume.
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Blue-Green Antarctic Glacier

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A walrus sits on a floating piece of ice.
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Walrus on Ice

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Two whales attack a ship on a map
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Whales of the Carta Marina

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a part human, part horse, part fish on an early atlas
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Mythical Creatures on Maps

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Leftwich and her team have spent hours filming captive sea lions at Smithsonian’s National Zoo, trying to get clear video footage of the animals clapping so they can examine the way their flippers move from frame to frame. 
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Leftwich at the Zoo Observing Sea Lions

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A refugium tank at the St. Lucie County Aquarium. This tank acts as a safe space to grow corals before transferring them to a larger tank. You can see several staghorn coral colonies - it has a branching structure and the white tips indicate healthy, new g
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Tank at St. Lucie County Aquarium

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