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Brian Skerry prepares to dive in icy waters.
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Getting Under the Ice with Brian Skerry

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Orange and red deep-sea corals.
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Aleutian Coral Reef

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Polar bears are threatened by a lack of sea ice.
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Polar Bears on "Thin" Ice

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Colorful corals and brittlestars on Manning Seamount off the New England coast.
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Manning Seamount Deep Coral Communities

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A comparison of an undisturbed Oculina coral reef and one that has been devastated by trawling.
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Undisturbed vs. Trawled Reef

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Ocean scientists inside the Johnson-Sea-Link submersible travel to deep-sea coral ecosystems up to 3,000 m (9,843 ft) below the ocean’s surface.
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Johnson Sea Link Submersible

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A piece of the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef exhibit.
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A Rainbow of Crocheted Corals

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Dampier explored this area of Western Australia and named it Shark Bay because of the "abundance" of sharks in the waters. It is now a World Heritage site.
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Dampier and Shark Bay, Australia

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an oiled marsh area with birds
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Oiled Marsh

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arrows represent water movement
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The Ekman Spiral

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A graph showing the population decline of vaquitas from 1997 to 2019. In 1997, there were 567 vaquitas. In 2012, there were 200. By 2014 there were fewer than 100, and by 2019 there was an estimated 6 to 9 vaquitas left.
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A Population in Decline

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an ammonite fossil with a carved snake head
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Snakestones

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