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Calanus hyperboerus is the preferred food for Bowhead whales.
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Arctic Copepod

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Jellies in the Class Hydrozoa are transparent and easily overlooked.
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Transparent sea jelly

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A marine biologist measures the temperature of an ice core.
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Measuring Ice Core Temperatures

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Two polar bears at Cape Churchill in Manitoba, Canada
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Polar Bears, Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

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Illustration of Robotic Glider Evading Fishing Nets
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Robotic Glider Evades Fishing Nets

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The robotic glider Scarlet Knight
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Robotic Glider and Barnacles

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A pile of bycatch species.
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A Net Full of Bycatch

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Photograph from above of two right whales, one touching the tip of its mouth to the back of the other..
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Two North Atlantic Right Whales

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A North Atlantic right whale with a deep wound caused by entanglement in fishing gear floats at the surface in the Bay of Fundy.
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Wounded North Atlantic Right Whale

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At the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, Dr. Wayne Sousa (right) studies lightning impacts.
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Field Research in Panama

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Corals, sponges, and algae are the major components of most coral reef communities as shown in this picture.
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Coral Reef on Gangga Island, Indonesia

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Dr. Stephen Cairns, a Smithsonian research zoologist, studies deep-water corals.
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Dr. Stephen Cairns

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