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A four-foot long fish sculpture has fins and tail made with recycled rakes.
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The Rakefish Project

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This Japanese research ship drills into the ocean floor to learn about Earth’s history and structure.
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Deep Sea Drilling Vessel Chikyu

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The National Museum of Natural History's Department of Invertebrate Zoology has developed an online map that provides information about invertebrates in the National Collection from areas impacted by the oil spill.
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Google map of invertebrates in oil spill region

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Pink crustose algae covers the surface of a rock.
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Encrusting Pink Algae and a Seastar

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This magnified photo provides a close-up look at copepods—tiny crustaceans that right whales feed on.
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Copepods: Right Whale Food

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Dr. Clyde Roper (rear) and museum specialist Mike Sweeny examine a giant squid specimen.
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Studying Giant Squid

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Smithsonian Zoologist Dr. Clyde Roper in front of the museum's stored cephalopod collection.
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Smithsonian Cephalopod Collection

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Male fiddler crabs, like this one collected on Moorea, wave their enlarged claw as way of signaling to other crabs, especially during mating season.
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Fiddler Crab

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Squid expert Dr. Clyde Roper examines specimens stored in jars in the Smithsonian collection.
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Dr. Clyde Roper

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A cuttlefish eye
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Dazzling Eyes

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A photo of Oceana's ice class research vessel, the Hanse Explorer, on the Baltic Sea.
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The Hanse Explorer, Research Vessel

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Intense volcanic CO2 vents in Ili Ili Bua Bua, Normanby Island, Papua New Guinea.
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Carbon Dioxide Volcanic Seep

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