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A juvenile Kemp's ridley sea turtle emerges from the nest
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Kemp's Ridley Hatchling

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Horizontal bands of color represent different species of lichen that have adapted to the conditions at different heights above sea level.
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Lichen Zones

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Crochet Jellyfish from the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef
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Crochet Jellyfish

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Charles Potter (left) and Dr. James Mead of the Smithsonian perform a post-mortem examination on a goose-beaked whale specimen.
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Goose-Beaked Whale Post-Mortem

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Squid size comparison chart: Lycoteuthis springeri (10-12cm), Leachia atlantica (up to 12cm), Promachoteuthis sp. (up to 5cm), Batoteuthis scolops (up to 20cm).
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What is the Largest Squid? A Squid Size Comparison Chart

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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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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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Close-up photograph of a large red cuttlefish.
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Australian Giant Cuttlefish

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Researchers adopted the “yabbie pump,” the long silver tool shown here, from Australian fishing gear.
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Collecting Shallow-Water Specimens with the "Yabbie Pump"

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Red Pigfish and Blue Mao-Mao school at the edge of a cavern in New Zealand's Poor Knights Islands. Read photographer Brian Skerry's story behind this photo.
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Protected Pigfish and Mao-Mao School

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Colorful corals are disappearing in the Great Barrier Reef.
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Coral at the Great Barrier Reef

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A coral has just spawned. Each of the hundreds of polyps releases a small pink bundle of sperm and eggs.
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Coral Spawning by Moonlight

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