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Lenticulina secans-- this “benthic” foram lives on the seafloor. This specimen was collected from southeastern Tanzania.
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Lenticulina secans

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Hedbergella sliteri - this specific specimen is the "holotype" for this species. That means it is the reference point for what all members of the species should look like.
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Hedbergella sliteri

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This 1874 illustration of California gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) shows a group of individuals at the edge of their modern day range in the North Pacific Ocean, blocked from traveling further east into Arctic waters by thick ice barriers.
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California Grays Among the Ice

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This male giant squid is on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.
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Male Giant Squid

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Hermit crabs, like this one collected in Moorea, usually protect their soft, vulnerable abdomens from predators by reusing empty snail shells. This specimen shows the crab without its customary borrowed shelter.
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Hermit Crab Without a Shell

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Map showing the range of the eastern and western populations of Atlantic bluefin tuna and their spawning grounds in the Gulf of Mexico and the Mediterranean Sea.
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Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Distribution Map

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two ammonoids in the water
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Ammonoids

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an eel larvae curled in blackwater
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Invisible Eels

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a grain of sand with microbes highlighted in green
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Microbial Life on a Grain of Sand

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a veterinarian listens to a dolphin's heartbeat
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Heart Check Up

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A black and white diagram of a tunicate larvae.
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Tunicate Larvae

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leveled crops
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Typhoon Damage

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