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Dr. Sylvia Earle
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Dr. Sylvia Earle Testifies on Gulf Oil Spill

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Lenticulina secans-- this “benthic” foram lives on the seafloor. This specimen was collected from southeastern Tanzania.
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Lenticulina secans

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This 1874 illustration of California gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) shows a group of individuals at the edge of their modern day range in the North Pacific Ocean, blocked from traveling further east into Arctic waters by thick ice barriers.
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California Grays Among the Ice

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This male giant squid is on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.
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Male Giant Squid

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Riftia tubeworm (Riftia pachyptila) colonies near hot spring.
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Tubeworms on a Hydrothermal Vent

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A reef shark swims amongst corals.
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Happy Hearts Love Sharks

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a bloom of bacteria glitter at the sea surface
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Glittering Trichodesmium

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a harpoon head
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Whale Harpoon

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Museum Specialist Ruth Gibbons, aboard a deep sea research vessel processing specimens
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Ruth Gibbons

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Ari Friedlaender, a research scientist at the Duke University Marine Lab, tags a blue whale.
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Tagging a Blue Whale

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the stomach contents of a mosasaur
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Stomach Contents

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A blue whale swims sideways at the surface with a gaping mouth
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Blue Whale Feeds

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