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"Barely a room onboard escaped being turned into a part of the sequencing laboratory," wrote Rob Edwards in a blog post about doing genomic sequencing at sea.
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The Trials of Ship-Bound Research

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A nudibranch showing a closeup of their fleshy, tentacle-like growths, called cerata.
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Aeolid Nudibranch Defense

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A beautiful bromeliad blooms among the mud and roots of a mangrove swamp.
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Dancing Bulb

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A decomposing sea star loses its grip on a rock.
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A Starfish Wasting Away

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Harbor seal in a kelp forest near Cortes Bank, near San Diego California.
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Harbor Seal in a Kelp Forest

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Once common in the West Indies, the Black Capped Petrel (Pterodroma hasitata), which breeds in high Caribbean mountains, is now on the endangered species list.
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Black-Capped Petrel

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A strange looking frilled shark smiles at the camera.
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Frilled Shark

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Henry the Fish is made completely out of colorful plastic that washed up on Oregon beaches.
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Henry the Giant Fish

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Unlike the other six species of marine turtle, the Australian flatback (Natator depressus) has a very limited distribution, found only from northern Australia to Papua New Guinea/Indonesia and it only breeds in Australia. Flatback turtles tend to spend mos
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Flatback Sea Turtle

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This nudibranch is making a comeback to a location it hasn't been to in years along the California coast. First discovered off the coast of Southern California in 1902, Felimare californiensis was thought to be extinct in the region sin
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The Comeback Sea Slug

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A close-up photo of Killer Algae, Caulerpa taxifolia, a seaweed that has proven to be a successful invasive species.
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Killer Algae (Caulerpa taxifolia)

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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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