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A coral reef covered by silt and sand in the Western Pacific Ocean.
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Coral Reef Covered by Silt and Sand

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Seahorses are the only fish species that can hold your hand! Unlike most fish that use their tails for swimming, seahorses, such as this big-belly seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis), use their monkey-like tails to hold onto objects in their environment, li
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Seahorses Have Monkey-Like Tails

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Coral Sand
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Coral Sand Under a Microscope

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King Manuel of Portugal rides a sea creature
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Political Props

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a mermaid illustration on an old map
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A Mermaid's Vanity

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Ruth Meadows examines specimens as part of her Teacher at Sea experience. NOAA Teacher at Sea Ruth Meadows sorts specimens aboard the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow as part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge Ecosystem (MAR-ECO) project.
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Teacher at Sea Ruth Meadows

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A diver cares for the reef by cleaning up discarded fishing gear and garbage.
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Diver Cleaning Up Reef

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Illustration of a giant squid versus a merman.
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Mermen? Sea Monks? Or Giant Squid?

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a Māori woman in a navy blue fleece holds the skull of a beaked whale
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Tohunga Tohorā’s Intuition Reveals New Whale Species

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A Bryde's whale catches a meal
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Bryde's Whale

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Two Catsharks with a black background
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Leopard Catsharks

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A pink, white and black colored boxing crab holds two anemones in its claws.
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Boxing Crab

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