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Despite its demonic look, the vampire squid collects and eats drifting particles called "marine snow" using two long, sticky filaments.
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The Vampire Squid from Hell

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Two small, translucent hyperiids with very large eyes.
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Paraphromina

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A fossil of the ancient shark Falcatus falcatus
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The Ancient Shark Falcatus falcatus

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A boat full of SCOPE drifters waits to release small, biodegradable buoys that will travel throughout the Gulf of Mexico and send GPS coordinates to researchers.
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SCOPE Buoys Help Track Oil

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This small drone helped scientists to follow a trail of pink dye tracking ocean movement below the surface of the water in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Following the Dye by Drone

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Juvenile Clam with Tentacles
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Spaceship Mollusk

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Dover Sole Skin
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Close-Up of Dover Sole Skin

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Lacy Crust Bryozoans
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Lacy Crust Bryozoan

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A close-up of tiny teeth on the common whelk's radula.
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A Snail's Rainbow Radula

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A spiraled diatom with spines.
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A Diatom Helix

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Sea squire illustrations from Ernst Haeckel.
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Sea Squirts

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Starfish—marine invertebrates of the phylum Echinodermata—are famous for their ability to shed limbs as a means of defense and then regenerate the sacrificed part.
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Haeckel Starfish

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