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A school of Hawaiian squirrelfish.
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A School of Hawaiian Squirrelfish

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A snailfish, with brown and white stripes.
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A Snailfish Swimming in the Baltic Sea

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Inside the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason.
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Views from the ROV Jason

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Shown here are several deep-sea coral species: From left to right are an unidentified purple octocoral, a small gold acanthorgorgiid octocoral, and a large colony of pink Corallium secundum
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Diverse Deep-Sea Corals

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Discovered in 2004 and named in 2009, Gersemia juliepackardae coral lives on seamounts in the northeast Pacific Ocean at depths of 500-2,000 m (1,640-6,562 ft).
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New Soft Coral

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Searching for useful chemicals, ocean scientists grow bacteria associated with deep-sea coral on nutrient agar.
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Growing Bacteria from Corals

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Black coral, primnoid coral, and feather stars flourish deep on the pristine Davidson Seamount.
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Diverse Deep-Sea Coral Community

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Bottom trawl treasures from the shallow Chukchi Seafloor
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Bucket of Creatures from an Arctic Shelf

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The amphipod Eusirus holmii inhabits sea ice, the water column and the sea floor
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Arctic Amphipod

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Remotely operated vehicles, ROVs, aid in deep-sea ocean exploration
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Diving Deeper

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Humpback Whale, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Gloucester, MA, USA
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Humpback Whale, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, USA

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The robotic glider Scarlet Knight
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Robotic Glider and Barnacles

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