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: Black corals often resemble bushes or trees. Their living tissue can be one of several colors. It’s the skeleton that is black.
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Black Corals

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Cancer cells treated with discodermolide, a chemical from a sponge found on deep-sea coral reefs.
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Treated Cancer Cells

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This black coral is more than 4,200 years old. Named for the color of their skeletons, black corals come in many colors.
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How old is black coral?

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The Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) SeaBed is about to be deployed.
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Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

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Seabirds on a rocky outcrop.
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A Gathering of Seabirds and Seals

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Students examine a beach at low tide.
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Seattle Aquarium Delegation

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Students in marine life costumes pose in an aquarium.
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Mystic Aquarium Delegation

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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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Scientist Kevin Raskoff documents organisms by building an aquarium.
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Photographing Captured Animals

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Sunset at Ecola State Park, Near Cannon Beach, Oregon, USA
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Sunset at Ecola State Park, Near Cannon Beach, Ore., USA

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a spotted dolphin swims through the ocean at night
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Atlantic Spotted Dolphins, Little Bahama Bank, The Bahamas

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“This shark was cruising low along the reef known as Alcyone. Her left eye was glancing up toward other hammerheads when I took this shot from below.” -- Nature's Best photographer, Alan Studley.Equipment Used to Capture the Shot: Nikon D300; Tokin
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Hammerhead Shark, Cocos Island, Costa Rica

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