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A silhouette of a small boat carrying 8 passengers on tranquil water, with a pink horizon.
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Carteret Islands Row

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Loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) are named for their large heads and strong jaws, which allow them to eat prey with hard shells, like big marine snails. They live throughout the world’s warm tropical and subtropical oceans. They live off-shore when t
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Loggerhead Turtle

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The frogfish uses camouflage to hide from predators.
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Three-spot Frogfish

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A round sea potato with hair-like spikes laying flat against its body.
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Sea Potato

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A brown sea hare sits in shallow ocean water.
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Sea Hare in the Intertidal Zone

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Broad-leaf seagrass (Posidonia australis) with algae epiphytes grows at Corner Inlet Marine National Park in Australia.
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Seagrass with Epiphytes

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An Australian Giant Cuttlefish (Sepia apama) crosses a seagrass bed.
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Cuttlefish in Seagrass Bed

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Throughout their lifecycle, jellyfish take on two different body forms: medusa and polyps. Polyps can reproduce asexually by budding, while medusae spawn eggs and sperm to reproduce sexually.
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Jellyfish Lifecycle and Reproduction

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Comb jellies (such as this Bolinopsis species) are named for their combs: the rows of cilia lining their bodies that propel them through the ocean.
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Ctenophore Combs - Close Up

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A shining jingle shell on the sand.
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Jingle Shells

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Seahorses are the only fish species that can hold your hand! Unlike most fish that use their tails for swimming, seahorses, such as this big-belly seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis), use their monkey-like tails to hold onto objects in their environment, li
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Seahorses Have Monkey-Like Tails

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Seahorses are hitchhikers. They can travel long distances across the ocean—farther than they can swim—by attaching themselves to floating seaweed and debris.
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Hitchhiking Seahorses

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