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Photograph of a transparent comb jelly against a dark sea.
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Bioluminescent Comb Jelly

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Male northern elephant seals face off for the best beach territory for mating season.
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Elephant Seals Tussle for Territory

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This radio device is used to track North Atlantic right whales. Suction cups hold the device to a whale's back, where it records data such as depth, water, temperature, and underwater sounds.
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Whale Tracking Device

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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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A photo of plastic trash floating in the water, taken from below the surface.
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Marine Debris

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New deep sea expeditions reveal new species underwater.
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New Jelly Species: 'Bathykorus bouilloni'

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A shrimp lives in an anemone
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Life in the Snakelocks' Tentacles

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The "Lower Invertebrates" exhibit in Smithsonian Institution Building in 1901 included models of a giant squid and an octopus.
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More Than a Century of Smithsonian Marine Science

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Two skulls belonging to extinct marine mammal herbivores used in the new study, both from the Smithsonian’s collections.
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Marine Mammal Herbivore Skulls

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Trash Sculpture on the Beach in Bonaire
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Marine Debris: Trash Travels, But You Can Help Stop It

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Piles of marine debris collected on Midway Atoll
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Marine Debris on Midway Atoll

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Marine debris collected in a harbor after Hurricane Katrina.
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Hurricane Katrina Marine Debris

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