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“The southern elephant seal is a truly restrained behemoth. Males can grow to be five times larger than females, up to 5,000 pounds. This elephant seal may look fierce, but he was simply yawning over and over in the wave-wash. This allowed me to try mult
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Southern Elephant Seal, Gold Harbour, South Georgia

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This close-up view of salps, which have aggregated together into a long chain, have brilliant red guts from eating red plankton.
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Close-up View of Salps

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This purple urchin Paleopneustes cristatus is seldom seen by itself, and can be found in groups of hundreds.
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Purple Sea Urchin

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Polar bears have evolved to survive in the Arctic.
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Polar Bear on the Ice

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It took a while for scientists to identify what made this spiral track.
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Spiral Track on Ocean Floor

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A Galapagos tortoise munches on some greens.
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Galapagos Tortoise

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Japanese scientists videotaped this female giant squid, alive, at the water's surface
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Caught on Video: Giant Squid

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Hawaiian monk seals are among the wildlife found within the Papahānaumokuākea World Heritage Site.
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Hawaiian Monk Seal

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Nuclear bomb in Bikini Atoll
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Nuclear Bombs on the Coral Reef

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A red and white colored bristle worm swims in the water column.
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A Striped Deep Sea Worm

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Tropical hatchetfish, like the one shown in this X-ray photograph, live in the dark depths of the ocean. Like many other deep-sea fishes, they have large eyes and bioluminescent spots on their bellies.
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X-Ray Image of a Tropical Hatchetfish

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Hurricanes hurt humans and marine life.
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Hurricanes and Marine Life

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