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After leaving Australia, Dampier and his men reached the western coast of New Guinea on New Year’s Day 1700. There Dampier observed birds that he had never seen before, like the “stately land-fowl” shown here.
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New Guinea Birds

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This queen parrotfish scrapes algae from Caribbean reefs with its parrot-like beak.
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Queen Parrotfish

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This photograph was snapped as Phoenix swam in the Gulf of Maine in July 2008.
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Phoenix near Maine

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Spotfin lionfish in Caribbean waters
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Spotfin Lionfish

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A close-up image of deep-sea fish Argyropelecus aculeatus
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Argyropelecus aculeatus

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Sea lions generate thrust, or forward propulsion, by bringing their fore-flippers together in big sweeping motions called “claps.”  When a sea lion “claps,” it stretches its flippers out to the sides and sweeps them down. Then it tucks its flippe
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Aquatic Locomotion of a Sea Lion

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Students share a microscope to get a closer look at plankton samples from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.
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Students Study Plankton

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Chrysaora melanaster is a jellyfish found in the Arctic.
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Arctic Sea Jelly

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a loggerhead Sea Turtle
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Loggerhead Sea Turtle

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a graphic depicting the various species of tuna
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The Big Tunas

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a scan of a louse
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Walrus Lice

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a seal skin kayak
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Yup'ik Kayak

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