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Photo of three sea creatures involved in a scientific mystery
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Three Mystery Fish

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Pirates Ann Bonny and Mary Read. After their capture, they were granted stays of execution because of their conditions.
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Bonny and Read in Jamaica

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Illustrations of fish and crab from New Guinea
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New Guinea Fish and Crab

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After leaving Australia, Dampier and his men reached the western coast of New Guinea on New Year’s Day 1700. There Dampier observed birds that he had never seen before, like the “stately land-fowl” shown here.
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New Guinea Birds

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Captain William Kidd at Gardiner's Island
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Captain William Kidd

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You can explore the Curasub from your computer! Inspect, launch, board and recover to get an idea of what it's like to mann an underwater submersible.
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Tour the Curasub!

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A tornado of sardines swirls around diver and photographer Erwin Poliakoff in the Philippines.
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Inside a Sardine Tornado

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Researchers have identified five areas of high North Atlantic right whale concentration between Canada and Florida.
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Finding Phoenix

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Phoenix swims in George’s Bank, off the coast of New England, on March 13, 2009.
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Phoenix in George's Bank

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This photograph was snapped as Phoenix swam in the Gulf of Maine in July 2008.
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Phoenix near Maine

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A school of bluefin tuna
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Pacific Bluefin Tuna School

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A manatee swims in Crystal River, Florida.
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Florida Manatee in a Fresh Water Spring

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