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This day octopus (Octopus cyanea) has shaped itself like seagrass or some coral so hide from predators or stalk prey.
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Camouflaged Octopus Blends In

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A healthy and vibrant coral reef in Papua New Guinea.
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A Healthy Coral Reef

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A common dolphin with calf jump through the ocean.
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Common Dolphin and Calf

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A pod of Baird's beaked whales in the eastern North Pacific.
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Baird's Beaked Whales

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The eel-like Atlantic hagfish being measured out of water.
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Pacific Hagfish

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Brian Skerry in a room with all his photography equipment cases.
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Brian Skerry's Photography Gear

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Photographer Brian Skerry walks knee deep in a mangrove in the Bahamas.
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On the Hunt for a Perfect Photo in the Mangroves

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Researchers tagging a giant leatherback sea turtle.
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Tagging a Leatherback Sea Turtle

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Two bright orange anemonefish poke their heads between anemone tentacles.
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Clownfish in their Host Anemone

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King Manuel of Portugal rides a sea creature
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Political Props

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a part human, part horse, part fish on an early atlas
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Mythical Creatures on Maps

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Leftwich and her team have spent hours filming captive sea lions at Smithsonian’s National Zoo, trying to get clear video footage of the animals clapping so they can examine the way their flippers move from frame to frame. 
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Leftwich at the Zoo Observing Sea Lions

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