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Loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) are named for their large heads and strong jaws, which allow them to eat prey with hard shells, like big marine snails. They live throughout the world’s warm tropical and subtropical oceans. They live off-shore when t
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Loggerhead Turtle

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Globotruncana falsostuarti -- a foram that lived about 75 million years ago, during the Cretaceous Period.
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Globotruncana falsostuarti

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Image of deep-sea crustacean with black background.
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Vibilia

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Twin-spot snappers are curious top predators on Pacific coral reefs, eating a variety of fishes, shrimps, crabs, and snails among others, and are usually around 2.5 feet long.
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Curious Bohar

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a graphic depicting the four species of puffins
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What do the Puffins Look Like?

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a comparison of alive and preserved fish larvae
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Alive and Preserved Fishes

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If this chick had survived, it could have lived a long time: Laysan albatrosses are very long-lived birds. The oldest known wild bird is a 62-year old Laysan albatross named “Wisdom,” who still rears chicks on Midway Atoll.
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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem 9

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Giant clams are one of the many wonders of coral reefs. They can grow up to five feet wide, weigh over 400 pounds, and live for 100 years!
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Restocking Giant Clams

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This small sea star, little more than an inch across, is orange on top and whitish underneath.
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Little Sea Star

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Colorful illustration of extinct Archaeocyatha that lived on the seafloor.
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Archaeocyatha

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A relative of insects, trilobites lived on the ocean floor during the Cambrian period.
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Trilobites

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Many serpent stars spend their entire lives on a coral host.
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Serpent Star on Octocoral

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