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The robotic glider Scarlet Knight
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Robotic Glider and Barnacles

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Ian G. Macintyre, Curator of Carbonate Sedimentology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
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NMNH Paleobiology Curator Ian Macintyre

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Whalefish Specimen
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Mystery from the Deep: The Puzzling Case of the Whalefish

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A pile of bycatch species.
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A Net Full of Bycatch

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A fisherman in Papua New Guinea shows his catch for a ceremonial feast. Communities there are successfully managing their local reefs by observing temporary fishing closures that end in time to celebrate the traditional feast.
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Celebratory Harvest in Papua New Guinea

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In 1874, Reverend Moses Harvey of Newfoundland bought a dead giant squid caught by fishermen.
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Rev. Harvey Buys a Giant Squid

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An adult giant squid battles its only known predator - a sperm whale.
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Battle with a Sperm Whale

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A tongue-like organ called the radula rams food down the giant squid's throat.
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Giant Squid Beak and Radula

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White muscle surrounds the dark brown beak of a giant squid.
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Giant Squid Beak

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Japanese scientists videotaped this female giant squid, alive, at the water's surface
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Caught on Video: Giant Squid

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A red snapper hunts for prey on Kingman’s Reef, a healthy reef in the Line Islands.
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Kingman’s Reef, Line Islands

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Flower-like clusters of pink polyps make up this coral colony.
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Coral Colony

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