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Jellyfish produce mucus, especially when stressed, which can interact with oil and break it down. This moon jellyfish is sloughing off mucus that has mixed with droplets of oil.
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How Jellyfish Break Down Oil After a Spill

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King scallop in Lamlash Bay reserve
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A lesson learned twice: The Story of Scotland’s Marine Protected Areas

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Cartoon t-shirts with got plankton.
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The Cloud Factories that Live in the Sea

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A skeleton of a sea turtle ancestor
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One Large Turtle: Protostega gigas

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A multi-colored map of the mid-Atlantic ride made from satellite imagery.
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Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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a large salmon colored orb with tiny fluorescent green and blue orbs covering it
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Microbes Feast on Oil

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Christian McDonald, the Scientific Diving Safety Officer at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, tows a surface float at Millennium Atoll in the South Pacific.
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Diver With Shark

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This beautiful turquoise and purple creature is an aeolid nudibranch. The aeolid nudibranch is covered by branches that are actually gills, called cerata. The cerata also contain parts of the nudibranchs digestive system.
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Red-lined Nudibranch

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Illustration of two ancient penguin species next to the smaller living Humboldt penguin.
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Ancient Penguin Illustration

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Lamlash Bay marine reserve with Holy Island in the background. 
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Lamlash Bay

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Bottles of shark cartilage supplements
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Shark Cartilage Pills

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boats sweeping up the oil slick
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Sweeping up the Oil Slick

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