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paleobiology field equipment for excavating a fossil whale in central america
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Equipment for a Fossil Excavation

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Using dynamite to stun or kill bigger fish to sell at market leaves behind many dead undesired fish as bycatch.
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Fishing with Dynamite

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A Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) poses in the waters off Acadia National Park in Maine. 
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Grey Seal Strikes a Pose

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The fins of the frogfish are perfect for creeping around in the algae and stalking unsuspecting prey.
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Frogfish Histrio histrio

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Students from the Dauphin Island Sea Lab delegation plant smooth cord grass in Mobile Bay, Alabama. Their project is addressing the impacts of rising sea levels on critical coastal habitats through both marsh restoration in the Mobile Bay area and educatio
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Dauphin Island Sea Lab Delegation

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Hantkenina mexicana -- a foram with elongated shell chambers that lived between 45-49 million years ago, during the Eocene Epoch.
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Hantkenina mexicana

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The Sargassum frogfish is a small but voracious predator - it can ingest animals up to it’s own size!
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Sargassum Frogfish

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A polar bear and its cub in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.
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Polar Bear Mother and Cub

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dugong feeds on seagrass in the Red Sea
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Dugong Feeding

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Nuclear bomb in Bikini Atoll
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Nuclear Bombs on the Coral Reef

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A red and white colored bristle worm swims in the water column.
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A Striped Deep Sea Worm

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Many medicines were based on a chemical from the sea sponge Tectitethya crypta.
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From Sea Sponge to HIV Medicine

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