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Cardinalfish dads protect their eggs by gingerly carrying them in their mouths.
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Cardinalfish Dad with a Mouthful of Eggs

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A snailfish, with brown and white stripes.
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A Snailfish Swimming in the Baltic Sea

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January 14, 1987: Phoenix is first spotted as she swims with her mother, Stumpy, off the coast of Georgia.
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Phoenix’s First Sighting

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An unidentified earplug from the National Museum of Natural History collection.
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Whale Earwax

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A nudibranch showing a closeup of their fleshy, tentacle-like growths, called cerata.
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Aeolid Nudibranch Defense

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With the sun in its beak, the canoe’s raven figurehead points the way.
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Canoe Figurehead

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Hundreds to thousands of tiny crustaceans live on each right whale, eating algae that settles on their skin.
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Whale Lice

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These rattles from British Columbia were used during shamanistic performances.
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Ceremonial Rattles

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Members of the Squamish Nation paddle to a 1997 festival celebrating Native canoe arts.
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Celebrating Traditional Canoes

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These corals are dead—smothered in sediments and overgrown with algae.
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Dead Coral Overgrown with Algae

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Shallow water coral reefs straddle the equator worldwide.
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Global Distribution of Shallow Coral Reef Ecosystems

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A landscape photo of a shoreline with tall grass-like plants lining the water's edge.
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Phragmites australis

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