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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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The mauve stinger is a glowing jellyfish.
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Glowing Mauve

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The Japanese spider crab may be big but it is not invincible.
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Japanese Spider Crab

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Tomopteris's bristles produce yellow bioluminescence, a unusual color among midwater animals, nearly all of which make some sort of light.
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Glow Worms

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A tan sea urchin from the deep seas of Curacao.
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Tan Sea Urchin

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A researcher takes notes at the site of an ancient shipwreck recently discovered in Mazotas, Cyprus. The ship went down in the 4th century B.C. loaded with expensive and sought-after wine from Greece.
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Cyprus Shipwreck Discovery

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

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dugong feeds on seagrass in the Red Sea
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Dugong Feeding

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Hawaiian monk seals are among the wildlife found within the Papahānaumokuākea World Heritage Site.
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Hawaiian Monk Seal

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Two baby olive ridley sea turtles.
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Baby Sea Turtles in Jalisco, Mexico

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This painting of swarthy buccaneers in the midst of a fierce battle was painted by the prolific American marine painter Frederick J. Waugh, and won the Thomas B. Clarke award in 1910 for the best American figure composition.
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The Buccaneers painting

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The Papahanaumokuakea site in the United States was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2010. The site is a vast isolated cluster of small low-lying islands and atolls surrounded by ocean that provides safe habitat for endangered species like the green
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Papahanaumokuakea, United States

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