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Photograph of many tiny transparent larval squid surrounding the head of a dissecting pin.
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Squid Babies

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This is the first photograph of a live giant squid (Architeuthis) in its natural habitat.
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Giant Squid on Baited Camera

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Tuna caught in the Indian Ocean show the huge scale of commercial fishing.
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Tuna Fishing

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A scuba diver explores elkhorn corals growing on a tropical reef.
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Exploring a Reef

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A brown sea hare sits in shallow ocean water.
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Sea Hare in the Intertidal Zone

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A white crab hides among coral polyps of the same color.
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White Xenia Crab from Indonesia

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Comb jellies (such as this Bolinopsis species) are named for their combs: the rows of cilia lining their bodies that propel them through the ocean.
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Ctenophore Combs - Close Up

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Seahorses are hitchhikers. They can travel long distances across the ocean—farther than they can swim—by attaching themselves to floating seaweed and debris.
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Hitchhiking Seahorses

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Coral Sand
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Coral Sand Under a Microscope

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Stephanocyathus (A.) spiniger, a solitary, deep-water stony coral species, has six long spines that slow it from sinking into soft substrates.
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Solitary Deep-water Corals

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The eel-like Atlantic hagfish being measured out of water.
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Pacific Hagfish

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Researchers tagging a giant leatherback sea turtle.
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Tagging a Leatherback Sea Turtle

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