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A red and white colored bristle worm swims in the water column.
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Five Questions with Brigitte Ebbe, Polychaete Pundit

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A sea sponge underwater
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Sponges of the Sea

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two humpback whales swim underwater
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Humpback Whales

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Four people working aboard the deck of a ship. Two are checking materials and noting observations while the two in the background adjust the canoe's rigging.
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Lehua Kamalu and Fellow Crew Aboard Hōkūleʻa

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A bright red clutch bag made from fish leather and patterned with shimmering gold koi fish imagery.
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Lacquerware Fish Leather Clutch

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a orange spotted jellyfish
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Orange Spotted Jellyfish

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a large room of shelves filled with jars
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The Worm Collection

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Rhabdosoma’s uncommon eye arrangement allows the animal to see 360 degrees.
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360-Degree Eyesight

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Despite its fearsome look, the Atlantic wolffish (or sea wolf) isn't a danger to humans, largely preying on whelks, crabs, and sea urchins.
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The Toothy Sea Wolf

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Hatchetfish photographed moments after being pulled from the deep sea in the Oozeki net trawl. These small, silvery fish have large eyes to collect any sunlight that reaches the deep sea. Even in the deep, they are not immune to human impacts; the research
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Hatchetfish

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This is a series of images showing how a typical nightly courtship display would look like, where certain males initiate the display (2), others follow (3), and different species display their own unique “light shows” nearby (4 and 5).
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A typical nightly courtship display for P. annecohenae

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Walter Adey and the NMNH coral reef tank
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Walter Adey and Coral Reef Tank

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