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What is coral? The answer is coral is an animal. This cutaway diagram of a coral polyp shows the location of its photosynthetic algae, or zooxanthellae, which coral needs to survive.
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What Is Coral? A Coral Polyp and Zooxanthellae

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Male fiddler crabs, like this one collected on Moorea, wave their enlarged claw as way of signaling to other crabs, especially during mating season.
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Fiddler Crab

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A student uses a marker to decorate a reusable lunch bag with ocean creatures
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Design Your Own Bag

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A tusk shell hermit crab peeks out of his shell.
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Tusk Shell Hermit Crab

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Alvin, a human occupied vehicle (HOV), returns to the ship after a dive.
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Exploring the Ocean with Robots and Submarines

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Baby shark attached to yolk sac
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Sharks from the Vault

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Midway Atoll, where these photos were taken, is more than 2,000 miles from the nearest land.
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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem

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A blue, silver, and black fish skin robe displayed hanging from a rod. The robe is created from multiple fish skin sewn together and dyed with indigo.
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Replica of an Ainu Fish Skin Robe

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The weedy sea dragon male can hold around 250 eggs in his pouch.
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The Dragon of the Sea

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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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A plastic bag floats at sea.
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Plastic Bag Bans Work

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Humpback whales spend their summers feeding in cold, food-filled Arctic and Antarctic waters before swimming to warmer waters for the winter.
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Humpback Whales Going After Herring

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