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The Peninsula Valdes in Argentina was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1999. The site is home to important breeding populations of the endangered southern right whale (Eubalaena australis), southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), and southern sea
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Marine World Heritage Photo Gallery

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A wave curls near the shore.
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American Spaces

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The hunting of beluga whales by Alaska Natives for subsistence, in addition to other human and natural threats, caused the Cook Inlet population of belugas to decline by an estimated 71 percent since 1979.
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Beluga Whale

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thin, green stalks of a succulent plant grow up
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Sea Beans

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A salmon swimming in a stream.
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Atlantic Salmon Pre-Smolt

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A red snapper from the Gulf of Mexico.
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Red Snapper

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Humboldt penguins stand on island of Islas Ballestas.
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Humboldt Penguins and Guano

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A student prepares the glider's internal electronics.
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Engineering the Robotic Glider

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On Moorea, an island in French Polynesia, researchers are striving to complete a biocode—a DNA catalog of every life form big enough to pick up with tweezers.
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The Island of Moorea

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A reddish-orange nudibranch.
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A Baltic Sea Nudibranch

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Rutgers oceanographers and robotic glider
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The Scarlet Knight and Rutgers Oceanographers

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