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This bait ball shows how small fish can react when larger predators are near, gathering tightly together in a ball-like formation that exposes the least number of fish.
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Bait Ball

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Kelps are large, brown algae that grow along coasts around the world, especially in cooler regions.
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Kelp Pennant

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A tan sea urchin from the deep seas of Curacao.
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Tan Sea Urchin

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Smithsonian scientist who discovered new species in her laboratory
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Smithsonian Scientist Discovers New Fish Species

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Who Moved the Beach?

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Ups and Downs

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Wreck Detectives

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a painting of a ship on a plate of baleen
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A Ship Portrait on Baleen

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a letter
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Kellogg's Correspondence

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A model of a right whale hangs in the Ocean Hall
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Phoenix Arrives

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Individual black and white images of a variety of gelatinous zooplankton.
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Gelatinous Zooplankton in the Gulf

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a close up of archaea cells
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Archaea

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