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Despite its fearsome look, the Atlantic wolffish (or sea wolf) isn't a danger to humans, largely preying on whelks, crabs, and sea urchins.
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The Toothy Sea Wolf

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Oceanic white tip shark near Cat Island, Bahamas.
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The Most Dangerous of All Sharks

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Porcelain crab on anemone at Pescador Island, Cebu, Philippines.
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Porcelain Crab and Anemone

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The small larvae of elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) settle and grow on the crustose coralline algae species Hydrolithon boergesenii.
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Coral Larvae Settling

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Radiolarian Shells
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Glassy Radiolarian Beauty

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A side-view of a blenny fish with a back background.
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Blenny Fish - Haptoclinus dropi

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Building a Better Dispersant: When we wash dishes at home, we use dish soap to break up and wash away any oil that is stuck to our plates and utensils. Similarly, stronger soap-like chemicals called dispersants can be used to break up oil spills, like thos
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Building a Better Dispersant

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A pair of French Angelfish (Pomacanthus paru) swim off the coast of Brazil.
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Pair of Angelfish

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Blue Crab walking in wet sand.
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Blue Crab On The Gulf Coast

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Two years after being covered in an oil substance, from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, deep-sea corals were colonized by hydroids and their branches began to break off. 
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Floc On Gulf Coral

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A close-up look of the seaside sparrow.
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A Close-up of a Seaside Sparrow

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A stormy sea lashes the village of Shismaref, Alaska, where the coastline has eroded 30–90 m (100–300 ft) in the past 30 years.
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Shismaref, Alaska

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