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The largest of the Atlantic shearwaters, Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris borealis) can often be spotted by its casual wingbeat and gliding flight.
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Cory's Shearwaters Bicker

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Antarctica is almost entirely covered by ice sheets up to two miles (3 km) thick, which contain roughly 70% of the world’s freshwater.
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Ross Sea Ice Shelf

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The frogfish is an expert hunter and can eat fish in 6 milliseconds.
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The Frogfish

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A close up profile of an adult anglerfish female from the Linophryne family collected in the northern region of the Gulf of Mexico. © 2016 DEEPEND/ Dante Fenolio
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A profile of an adult female anglerfish from the Linophryne family

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Giant drift nets, placed around the world’s oceans to catch commercial fish species, kill non-commercial animals just as efficiently, often taking far more of the latter for every useable species ensnared.
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Sea Lion Drowned in Drift Net

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Every year in Sardinia, Italy. tuna is fished using a large fixed net anchored on the bottom for the purpose to keep the fish inside to grow calm. But other animals like sunfish (shown here), turtles, dolphins, and others are also captured in the net, and
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Sunfish Entangled in Tuna Net

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A translucent, female hyperiid surrounded by white young in a barrel-shaped body cavity.
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Phronima Female and Young

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Two small, translucent hyperiids with very large eyes.
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Paraphromina

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Lacy Crust Bryozoans
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Lacy Crust Bryozoan

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Valentinni's sharpnose puffer lives on Indo-Pacific coral reefs, where it shoals in groups of 10-100 puffers and feeds on algae and tunicates.
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Valentinni's Sharpnose Puffer

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A photo of oceanographer Xavier Pastor aboard an Oceana research vessel surrounded by ice in the Baltic Sea
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Oceanographer Xavier Pastor

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A rendering of an underwater marine scene from the Proterozoic Eon, featuring a creature that resembles a jellyfish and other organisms.
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Ediacaran Community, Proterozoic Eon (2,500 - 542 Million Years Ago)

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