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A crew works on creating a life-size, meticulously detailed model of the North Atlantic right whale Phoenix
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Crew Works on Phoenix Model

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This illustration shows how fishing lines attached to traps and buoys on the ocean floor present a potentially deadly hazard to North Atlantic right whales.
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How Whales Become Entangled

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At the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, Dr. Wayne Sousa (right) studies lightning impacts.
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Field Research in Panama

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Corals, sponges, and algae are the major components of most coral reef communities as shown in this picture.
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Coral Reef on Gangga Island, Indonesia

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Dr. Stephen Cairns, a Smithsonian research zoologist, studies deep-water corals.
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Dr. Stephen Cairns

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Close-up photograph of translucent coral polyps, showing the symbiotic algae living inside.
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Close-up of a Coral Polyp

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Photograph from above of a lavender-colored sea-slug with deep purple markings, swimming above a pink and orange surface.
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Purple Nudibranch

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Published in 1882 by Yale Professor A.E. Verrill, this is the first scientific illustration of a giant squid.
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First Scientific Illustration of Giant Squid

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Photograph from above of two right whales, one touching the tip of its mouth to the back of the other..
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Two North Atlantic Right Whales

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A North Atlantic right whale with a deep wound caused by entanglement in fishing gear floats at the surface in the Bay of Fundy.
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Wounded North Atlantic Right Whale

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A team works to free a one-year-old right whale from fishing ropes wrapped and knotted around its body and flippers.
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Whale Rescue

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Dr. Mahmood Shivji uses DNA techniques to identify shark fins confiscated from fishermen
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FORENSIC FINS: Using DNA to Prosecute Shark Poachers

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