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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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Light refracts off the comb-rows of this ctenophore.
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Comb Jelly Reflecting Colors

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Sea Turtle
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Green Sea Turtle

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This is the cover of the book Dampier wrote about his first trip around the world.
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Book Cover for Dampier's Account of his First Trip Around the World

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a display case of red coral jewelry containing necklaces, earrings, bracelets, and rings
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Avoid Coral Jewelry

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Colorful layers of a microscopic foram.
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A Colorful Foram: Globigerinoides ruber

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This rarely seen smalleyed rabbitfish, belongs to the order Chimaera. Chimaeras are related to sharks and are cartilaginous animals—they have no real bones.
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Chimaera from the Deep

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The Smithsonian Community Crochet Reef
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The Smithsonian Community Reef

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A crown-of-thorns starfish in the Marianas Islands.
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Mystery Photo: Prickly Puzzler on the Reef

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Photograph from above of two right whales, one touching the tip of its mouth to the back of the other..
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Two North Atlantic Right Whales

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Photograph of a green sea slug, with white polka-dot-like markings and white-edged ruffly structures along the length of its back.
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Lettuce Sea Slug

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A photo of a solitary European green crab on a sandy substrate.
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European Green Crab (Carcinus maenas)

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