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Can we use the sea as a source of fresh water?
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Can We Drink Our Salty Ocean?

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A reef shark swims amongst corals.
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Happy Hearts Love Sharks

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a squalodontid skull is dislodged after a plaster jacket is applied
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Dislodging the Fossil

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Elephant seals' eyes are specialized to dim light and, in particular, to light at the wavelength of 485 nm -- which is the same wavelength given off by the bioluminescent lanternfish that are the seals' main prey.
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Elephant Seals Laze on the Beach

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The giant squid’s enormous eyes help it find prey in the dark ocean depths.
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Largest Eye in the World, Giant Squid

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Smithsonian Scientists Dig a Trench Around a squalodontid Skull
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Digging a Trench

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A square of interwoven sticks and cowrie shells
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Micronesian Navigation Chart

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ichthyosaurs frolic in the waves
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Frolicking Ichthyosaurs

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a sea turtle digs a nest near houses
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Nesting in the Neighborhood

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A stained close up of a microbe
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Stringy Microbes

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green colored cells of the bacterium prochlorococcus
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Prochlorococcus

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several marine reptiles swim in the shallows
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Triassic Shallows

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