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a squalodontid skull is dislodged after a plaster jacket is applied
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Dislodging the Fossil

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Smithsonian scientists apply a plaster bandage cap to a block of rock containing fossils
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Securing the Fossil

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Complete Fish Skeleton Discovered by Smithsonian Scientists in Panama
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Fish Skeleton Discovery

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Shabnam Mohammadi working on radio telemetry of snakes in Thailand, 2007
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EOL Fellow Shab Mohammadi

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Photo of a harlequin shrimp
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Harlequin Shrimp East of Bali, Indonesia

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“I took this photograph of spinner dolphins in calm waters off the Ogasawara Islands, an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean about 600 miles south of Tokyo. When the sun briefly broke through the clouds, our shadow was mirrored in the water’s surface—an
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Spinner Dolphins Ogasawara Island, Tokyo, Japan

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Photo of sockeye salmon spawning.
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Sockeye Salmon, Adams River, British Columbia, Canada

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A photo of a tern's silhouette against an orange sky.
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Common Tern Silhouette, Nickerson Beach, Long Island, New York, USA

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An underwater photo of a yellow-mouth moray eel.
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Yellow-mouth Moray Eel in the Red Sea (Eilat, Israel)

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A male surfer catching a wave in Hawaii
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Inside the Wave, Makena Beach, Maui

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Photo of a sperm whale just below the water's surface.
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Sperm Whale, Dominica

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“As an underwater nature photographer, I struggled for a new way to bring back visions of fish and fauna. Soon I discovered that taking water out of the picture, rendering it invisible while it is still evident that it surrounds the subject, is a powerfu
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Green Turtle, Armeñime, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

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