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Red Pigfish and Blue Mao-Mao school at the edge of a cavern in New Zealand's Poor Knights Islands. Read photographer Brian Skerry's story behind this photo.
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Protected Pigfish and Mao-Mao School

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This is one of about 200 species of moray eels that live in tropical and subtropical coral reefs.
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The Revealing Nature of Eel Faces

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The robotic underwater glider Scarlet Knight crossed the Atlantic over the course of several months in 2009.
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Underwater Robots Explore the Ocean

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Blue whale skull being installed at National Museum of Natural History.
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When Did Today’s Whales Get So Big?

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Colorful corals are disappearing in the Great Barrier Reef.
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What We're Reading 10/21

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A tusk shell hermit crab peeks out of his shell.
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Uncovering Biodiversity Before It Disappears

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An Illustration of small tentacled fossils.
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Ancient Entoproct Community

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A Smithsonian specimen helped identify a new family of deep sea squid with long spindly legs.
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Bigfin Squid

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A blue cod and sea pens, a unique type of cnidarian, speckle the seafloor in New Zealand's Fiordland region.
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Blue Cod Amongst Sea Pens

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NOAA’s New Millennium Observatory was set up to study geologic, chemical, and biologic interactions along the mid-ocean ridge system. Here, a remotely operated vehicle (ROPOS) recovers a volcano monitor in the Juan de Fuca Ridge in the Pacific, west of Oregon.
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Studying the Mid-Ocean Ridge

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A Bryde's whale catches a meal
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The Case of the Mystery Whale

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A screenshot of a map with links to stories on the side.
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Smithsonian Ocean Optimism Around the World

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