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This autonomous operated vehicle will map areas of seafloor earthquakes.

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Launch of an Autonomous Benthic Explorer

January 2010

When we use fossil fuels to power our cars, homes, and businesses, we put heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

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Tracking Ocean Acidification

July 2010

This map shows the route of Dampier’s first voyage around the world.

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Dampier’s First World Voyage

July 2010

This queen parrotfish scrapes algae from Caribbean reefs with its parrot-like beak.

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Queen Parrotfish

July 2015

Blackdevil fish are quintessential monsters from the deep. The female lurks in the dark, drawing in prey with her glowing lure, while the male attaches to her like a blood-sucking parasite.

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Blackdevil Fish

August 2012

This photograph was snapped as Phoenix swam in the Gulf of Maine in July 2008.

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Phoenix near Maine

January 2010

Spotfin lionfish in Caribbean waters

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Spotfin Lionfish

November 2016

In 1874 Reverend Moses Harvey of Newfoundland displayed the giant squid he bought on the side of his barn, much to the dismay of Mrs. Harvey.

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Rev. Harvey’s Giant Squid on Display

January 2010

Flower-like clusters of pink polyps make up this coral colony.

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Coral Colony

January 2010

Dive through the zones of the ocean to the deep ocean bottom where many strange species live, and there are many yet to be discovered. Explore them in the Deep Ocean Exploration section.

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ROV Exploring the Deep Ocean

January 2010

A photo of plastic trash floating in the water, taken from below the surface.

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Marine Debris

April 2011

This recently discovered hairy crab species (Kiwa hirsuta) has no eyes.

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Yeti Crab

January 2010