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A female giant squid being prepared for display.
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Female Giant Squid

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A male mudflat fiddler crab (Uca rapax) waves its huge claw to impress females and threaten competitors.
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The Mudflat Fiddler Crab

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This is North Atlantic right whale #3333 who was spotted with fishing gear trailing from his mouth during an aerial survey off the coast of Georgia on January 29, 2008.
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Whale Entanglement

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A diver on the reef near Moorea collects samples.
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Research Diver in Moorea

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A view of the Pacific from Moorea, where scientists are working to catalog the life forms of the entire ecosystem.
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Marine Biology on the Island of Moorea

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A model marker applies paint to the life-size, meticulously detailed model of the North Atlantic right whale Phoenix.
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Painting the Model of Phoenix

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An underwater photo of Southern Bluefin Tuna swimming above a fish farm net.
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Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii)

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Overfishing is leading to an abundance of less desirable species like jellyfish.
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Jellyfish Sandwiches

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Large container ships at port, discharging ballast water in the Port of Oakland
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Ballast Water in the Port of Oakland

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A red deep-sea fish specimen.
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A Fish that Looks Like a Whale

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By pumping enormous test tubes that are 60-feet deep and hold almost 15,000 gallons of water with carbon dioxide to make the water inside more acidic, researchers can study how zooplankton, phytoplankton and other small organisms will adapt in the wild.
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Studying Acidification in the Field

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Tomopteris's bristles produce yellow bioluminescence, a unusual color among midwater animals, nearly all of which make some sort of light.
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Glow Worms

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