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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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A four-foot long fish sculpture has fins and tail made with recycled rakes.
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The Rakefish Project

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A researcher takes notes at the site of an ancient shipwreck recently discovered in Mazotas, Cyprus. The ship went down in the 4th century B.C. loaded with expensive and sought-after wine from Greece.
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Cyprus Shipwreck Discovery

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Students from the Dauphin Island Sea Lab delegation plant smooth cord grass in Mobile Bay, Alabama. Their project is addressing the impacts of rising sea levels on critical coastal habitats through both marsh restoration in the Mobile Bay area and educatio
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Dauphin Island Sea Lab Delegation

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A gray seal on the shores of Surtsey, Iceland.
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A Unique World Heritage Site: Surtsey, Iceland

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Great White Sharks breach to hunt -- with split-second timing they grab their prey in one swift snatch. Follow the whole breaching action in this slideshow.
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Breaching Great White Shark on the Hunt

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A Galapagos tortoise munches on some greens.
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Galapagos Tortoise

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Jorge Velez-Juarbe, predoctoral fellow in the Department of Paleobiology at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
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Jorge Velez-Juarbe

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Pink crustose algae covers the surface of a rock.
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Encrusting Pink Algae and a Seastar

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Small foram shells in seafloor sediment.
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A Foram That Thrives Where Others Can't

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A bull shark's ability to prey on many different species is helped by its capacity to survive in both freshwater and saltwater.
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Swinging for Bull Sharks

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A wave curls near the shore.
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The Importance of a Wave

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