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The Amazon River carries all the rainwater that lands in the Amazon rainforest, covering some 2.1 million square miles, into the ocean. And with it, it carries vital nutrients like phosphorus, nitrogen and silicon.
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Where the Amazon Meets the Ocean

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The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred on March 24, 1989 when an oil tanker grounded on a reef in Alaska’s Prince William Sound. It spilled almost 11 million gallons of crude oil, which reached 1,300 miles of coastline. The spill's remote location, accessib
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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

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Blue-spotted stingrays use the help of cleaner fish to stay clean and healthy.
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Blue-spotted Stingray

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The dwarf lantern shark sits in a human hand.
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Dwarf Lantern Shark

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A leafy seadragon
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Leafy Seadragon

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A side-view of a blenny fish with a back background.
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Blenny Fish - Haptoclinus dropi

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A parrotfish creates a mucus cocoon to protect it from parasites while sleeping.
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Parrotfish in Mucus Cocoon

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a diagram showing the parts of an ocean wave
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The Anatomy of a Wave

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A red Scypholanceola aestiva stares at the screen with large orange eyes.
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Scypholanceola aestiva

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An underwater blizzard of oil, marine microbes, "sea snot", and algae.
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A Dirty Blizzard In the Gulf of Mexico

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How Many Nights of Hanukkah? A harp has its own place in holiday music, but we also think this sponge looks like a super-sized menorah! This newly-discovered carnivorous sponge (Chondrocladia lyra) was found using robotic submersibles operated by the
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Harp Sponge

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This common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) shows off its siphon, which it uses to propel itself through the water.
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Octopus Shows Off Its Funnel

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