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This autonomous operated vehicle will map areas of seafloor earthquakes.
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Launch of an Autonomous Benthic Explorer

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Algae has overtaken this coral reef off heavily populated Kiritimati, or Christmas Island.
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Unhealthy Coral Reef, Kiritimi, Line Islands

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Spotfin lionfish in Caribbean waters
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Spotfin Lionfish

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Wilson's Storm Petrels Patter Fishing
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Wilson's Storm Petrels Patter

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Fish have certain adaptations, like blood with built-in antifreeze, to survive in the Antarctic.
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Fish Adapt to Icy Water

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Many Antarctic creatures, like the dinner-plate-sized sea spiders, have evolved to a gigantic size to cope with the extreme environment.
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Cold-Water Sea Spider

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A small Adélie penguin hops on a piece of ice.
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Adélie Penguin Jumping Out of the Water

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Loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) are named for their large heads and strong jaws, which allow them to eat prey with hard shells, like big marine snails. They live throughout the world’s warm tropical and subtropical oceans. They live off-shore when t
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Loggerhead Turtle

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The frogfish uses camouflage to hide from predators.
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Three-spot Frogfish

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A Longspine seahorse off the coast of South Africa.
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Longspine Seahorse

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Dark brown oil floods a marsh after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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Oily Marsh after the Oil Spill

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A school of yellowfin surgeonfish feed near dusk off Canton Island in the Phoenix Islands.
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Yellowfin Surgeonfish

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