Search

Showing results for

Language

Content type

Article Type

Topics

Tags

a fossilized ancient sea creature
Photo

Wiwaxia

View Image
A close-up of Lidia the Seal—like the view you'd get if you approach the sculpture in real life—shows the gory details of the everyday objects that wash up on the beach.
Photo

Lidia the Seal Detail

View Image
Nutrient influxes can cause phytoplankton blooms in the Antarctic.
Photo

Phytoplankton Bloom in the Antarctic

View Image
Despite the cold and dark environment, soft-bodied animals like anemones abound under the ice in the Antarctic.
Photo

Anemone in Cold Antarctic Water

View Image
Snow petrels hunt in Antarctic sea ice, feeding on krill and fish.
Photo

Snow Petrel

View Image
Looking through this iceberg's reflection in the Antarctic water, you can see the iceberg below the surface—some 90% of its total volume.
Photo

Blue-Green Antarctic Glacier

View Image
A fox explores a tide pool.
Photo

Fox at the Tide Pools

View Image
A walrus sits on a floating piece of ice.
Photo

Walrus on Ice

View Image
Two whales attack a ship on a map
Photo

Whales of the Carta Marina

View Image
A three dimensional radar of Hurricane Patricia
Photo

Three Dimensional Rain

View Image
Model of a lion’s mane jellyfish on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. This jellyfish, a member of the phylum Cnidaria, can have tentacles up to 190 feet long (58 meters) and a bell almost 7 feet (2 meters) in diameter.
Photo

Lion's Mane Jellyfish in Sant Ocean Hall

View Image
A healthy, deep sea octocoral and their brittle star partners
Photo

Brittle stars and their best friends the octocorals

View Image