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Three hyperiids, each with two large eyes and red body showing through their translucent bodies.
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Themisto

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A side-view of a translucent phronima with a large red eye.
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Phronima Alien

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A red Scypholanceola aestiva stares at the screen with large orange eyes.
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Scypholanceola aestiva

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Small red hyperiid.
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Lanceola

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A coral catshark
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Coral Catshark

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Pink dye was released by CARTHE researchers on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and its movement tracked using underwater sensors, two small drones, a helicopter and a kite.
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How Does Seawater Move?

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A live coral polyp with turquoise tissue and brown tentacles closes its mouth (the slit at the center of the radiating ribs) tight.
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Closed-Mouth Coral

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Plastic does not biodegrade; it photodegrades, which means that sunlight breaks it down into smaller and smaller pieces. These bits of plastic and plankton were collected during a 3:00 am manta net tow, and are just a sample of the plankton-like plastic pi
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Plastic Bits from the Gyre

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Arctic Tern on the Inner Farne Island.
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Arctic Tern

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About a 300 foot long gill net found abandoned on a shallow reef in the surf zone on Oahu, Hawaii. The net had trapped parrotfish, wrasses, goatfish, surgeonfish, coral crabs, spiny lobsters, slipper lobsters and other fish that had decayed beyond identifi
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Discarded Gillnet Traps Fish

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Diagram showing gills on a crab absorbing nutrients
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Crab Gills Absorb Nutrients

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An environmental chemist collects samples of oil in the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon spill. The resulting chemical “fingerprint” of the oil will help determine the origin of other samples.
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Oil Samples in the Gulf

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