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In Egypt, Dr. Jean-Daniel Stanley of the Smithsonian studies submerged ancient settlements.
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Underwater Archaeology

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Dr. Vecchione served as Chief Scientist on this 2009 expedition to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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Dr. Michael Vecchione

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A cable connects a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to a ship at the surface.
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ROV Tethered to Ship

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The robotic arm of the ROV Quest finds life at an undersea vent.
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Studying Hydrothermal Vent Life

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This autonomous operated vehicle will map areas of seafloor earthquakes.
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Launch of an Autonomous Benthic Explorer

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Hybrid vehicles combine the best features of ROVs and AUVs.
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Hybrid Underwater Vehicle

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Whales are identifiable by their distinct pattern of callosities.
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Whale Callosities

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Pirates Ann Bonny and Mary Read. After their capture, they were granted stays of execution because of their conditions.
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Bonny and Read in Jamaica

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After leaving Australia, Dampier and his men reached the western coast of New Guinea on New Year’s Day 1700. There Dampier observed birds that he had never seen before, like the “stately land-fowl” shown here.
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New Guinea Birds

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Captain William Kidd at Gardiner's Island
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Captain William Kidd

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Engraving of pirate Captain Henry Morgan
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Henry Morgan

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Charles Darwin's first diagram of an evolutionary tree appears in his First Notebook on Transmutation of Species (1837).
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Darwin’s Evolutionary Tree Diagram

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