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Much of the plastic comes from litter on land, which washes down storm drains and eventually makes it to the ocean. Some bits are from fishing nets and lines discarded by fishing boats.
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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem 7

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Seahorses make noise! Seahorses make noises that can be heard underwater similar to the sound of smacking your lips. They make them during feeding and courtship.
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Seahorses Make A Racket

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Fringing mangroves in Belize killed were smothered and killed by dredge material.
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Dredge Material Kills Mangroves

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One of ten robots that examined an area of 800 cubic kilometers in northern Monterey Bay, over the course of 24 days, in 2006.
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Slocum Glider

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data of sea ice coverage in the Arctic
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Arctic Sea Ice Extent Graph

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Students Work on Channel Island Map Project
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Channel Islands Marine Sanctuary Map Project

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Where There’s Smoke…

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an imagined illustration of an ancient sea turtle ancestor
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An Ancient Turtle

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a crab next to a coral den
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Crabs Make Coral Castles

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A starfish eating a mussel.
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Starfish Feeding on Mussels

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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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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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