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A privateer was a seaman with a license from his country's government to attack enemy ships. The government usually got a share of the profits.
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Privateer definition

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This map shows the route of Dampier’s first voyage around the world.
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Dampier’s First World Voyage

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Map of Oceana's 2011 expedition to the Baltic Sea
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Map of Oceana's 2011 Baltic Expedition

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Hurricane Katrina
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Hurricane Katrina Swirls Over the Gulf of Mexico

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A Coral Reef Watch satellite monitors the temperature of the world’s oceans.
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Coral Reef Watch Satellite

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A scuba diver explores elkhorn corals growing on a tropical reef.
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Exploring a Reef

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In 1874, Reverend Moses Harvey of Newfoundland bought a dead giant squid caught by fishermen.
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Rev. Harvey Buys a Giant Squid

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Dr. Candy Feller is framed by the roots of a mangrove tree on Panama’s Pacific coast.
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Dr. Candy Feller with Mangrove Roots

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Anne Chamberlain and Marc Frischer stride through a mangrove pond at Twin Cays, Belize.
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Knee Deep in Mangrove Mud

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Students share a microscope to get a closer look at plankton samples from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.
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Students Study Plankton

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Although in reality an ichthyosaur and plesiosaur would have likely never battled, this widely shared lithograph by artist, geologist and paleontologist Henry De la Beche even inspired author Jules Verne to pen a similar scene in his book, Journey to the C
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Duria Antiquior – A More Ancient Dorset, 1830

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This recently discovered hairy crab species (Kiwa hirsuta) has no eyes.
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Yeti Crab

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