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Humpback Whale, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Gloucester, MA, USA
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Humpback Whale, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, USA

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a spotted dolphin swims through the ocean at night
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Atlantic Spotted Dolphins, Little Bahama Bank, The Bahamas

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“This shark was cruising low along the reef known as Alcyone. Her left eye was glancing up toward other hammerheads when I took this shot from below.” -- Nature's Best photographer, Alan Studley.Equipment Used to Capture the Shot: Nikon D300; Tokin
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Hammerhead Shark, Cocos Island, Costa Rica

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Illustration of eddy fields in the Atlantic Ocean
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Robot Explores Ocean Eddies

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This brightly colored squat lobster collected in Moorea is a common find among the coral heads. Although called lobsters, this group of crustaceans is more closely related to hermit crabs than to true lobsters.
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Squat Lobster

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Two sea lions interact amongst schools of small fish.
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Seal or Sea Lion?

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An illustration of a deep-sea dragonfish.
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Deep-Sea Dragonfish

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A male short-snouted seahorse with a pouch full of eggs.
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A Pregnant Seahorse

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This sea cucumber, collected at 830 feet, hosts a pearl fish, which lives in its anus!
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Sea Cucumber in Curaçao

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Acidic waters are also able to completely dissolve coral skeletons.
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Dissolving Coral Skeleton in Acidic Waters

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The acidic waters from the CO2 seeps can dissolve shells and also make it harder for shells to grow in the first place.
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Dissolving Shell

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Intense volcanic CO2 vents in Ili Ili Bua Bua, Normanby Island, Papua New Guinea.
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Carbon Dioxide Volcanic Seep

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