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Flame shells live in enormous colonies, but hidden in nests.
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Orange-Tentacled Flame Shell

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Hundreds to thousands of tiny crustaceans live on each right whale, eating algae that settles on their skin.
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Whale Lice

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A live coral polyp with turquoise tissue and brown tentacles closes its mouth (the slit at the center of the radiating ribs) tight.
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Closed-Mouth Coral

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Explore the different cultures of the territory between the Arctic and Pacific oceans. The area is home to over 150,000 Indigenous residents, whose diverse languages and cultures are both a link to history and the foundation for contemporary lives.
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Smithsonian Alaska Native Collections

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Hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) are small to medium-sized turtles, but can get as large as 200 lbs (91 kg). Adults live among healthy coral reef communities, feeding primarily on sponges, but they also eat other invertebrates like sea cucumbers,
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Hawksbill Turtle

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This rare staurozoan, or stalked jellyfish, Haliclystus californiensis, is about 2 centimeters in length and was collected off the coast of California.
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Staurozoan: The Stalked Jellyfish

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A big-bellied seahorse
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A Foot-Long Seahorse

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Narwhals with their long unicorn-like tusks.
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Narwhals Breaching

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An amphipod within Arctic sea ice.
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Amphipod Under Arctic Sea Ice

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This jewel squid (Histioteuthis bonnellii) lives above the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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Jewel Squid

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Amanda Feuerstein with a nesting olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea). Feuerstein is a co-author of a study that surveyed algae, crustaceans, mollusks, and other epibionts that live on the turtles in the Pacific Ocean.
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Searching for Life -- Epibionts -- On Sea Turtles

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Seagrasses are flowering plants that can form dense underwater meadows and are an important shallow water habitat.
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Seagrass Meadows as Food

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