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Two new species of sea stars were discovered in the deep sea: Paulasterias tyleri (on the left) in a North Pacific hydrothermal vent community, and Paulasterias mcclaini (on the right) in the deep sea off the coast of Antarctica.
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Two New Sea Stars

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Positioned in front of a natural oil seep, this video camera is capturing images of the black oil bubbling up from beneath the sea floor. A light mounted to the frame helps see what is happening in the dark on the sea floor.
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Bubble of Oil On The Seafloor

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Screenshot from the video with illustrations of tiny ocean microbes.
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How a Microscopic Team Alters the Course of Carbon in the Atlantic Ocean

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This queen parrotfish scrapes algae from Caribbean reefs with its parrot-like beak.
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Queen Parrotfish

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A skate is among the many bycatch species caught in this shrimp trawl net.
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Bycatch in Shrimp Net

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Dr. Carole Baldwin is Curator of Fishes at the National Museum of Natural History.
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Dr. Carole Baldwin

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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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During whale hunts, this carved whale box stored harpoon blades like the three shown beside it.
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Inupiat Harpoon Box

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As these models show, traditional canoes came in a variety of shapes and designs.
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Varieties of Canoes

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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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The rough patches of skin known as callosities occur in unique patterns on all North Atlantic right whales and help researchers identify and track individual whales. This whale is named Phoenix.
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Close Up of Phoenix’s Callosities

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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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