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The blue lined octopus can be deadly, so it is best to stay away.
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The Dangerous Blue Octopus

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Sunset over a fishing net.
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Technology and Sea Turtles

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a light painted image of a red and white squid
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Light Painting of a Jellyfish

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grains of sand collected from Orient Point, Long Island, NY
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Sand from Orient Point, Long Island, New York

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A fragment of European ballamine ceramic that was excavated at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada in 2011
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Fragment of a European Bellarmine Jug

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A Smithsonian scientist with a whale fossil he excavated
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Panama Expedition Success

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Oikopleura gorskyi is a rare deep-water species of larvacean
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Deep-Water Larvacean

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This male giant squid is on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.
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Male Giant Squid

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Two Adélie penguins face each other while lying on ice.
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Adélie Penguins Face Off

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A bamboo shark grows in a thick egg case. Even within the egg case, the embryonic sharks can sense predators nearby and, in response, stop all gill movement and hold still to slip under the radar.
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Shark Embryo

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10 grains of star shaped sand collected from southern Japan
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Star Sand Grains Collected from Southern Japan

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Map showing the range of the eastern and western populations of Atlantic bluefin tuna and their spawning grounds in the Gulf of Mexico and the Mediterranean Sea.
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Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Distribution Map

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