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A shrimp boat fishes in the Gulf of Mexico
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A Gulf Shrimp Boat

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The vicious "killer shrimp."
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Dikerogammarus villosus

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A screenshot from the video showing a fiddler crab with a large claw.
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Claws Out: Fiddler Crabs Do Battle

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A North Pacific right whale swims in the Bering Sea.
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North Pacific Right Whale

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An image of a giant anemone with yellow-tipped white tentacles.
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Giant Anemone

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Two skulls belonging to extinct marine mammal herbivores used in the new study, both from the Smithsonian’s collections.
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Marine Mammal Herbivore Skulls

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A female (top left) and male Photerus annecohenae. Note that females are larger than males (sexual dimorphism) and that males have bigger eyes.
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A female and male Photerus annecohenae

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A black and white illustration of a Cuvier's beaked whale.
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Cuvier's Beaked Whale

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Pearl oysters create pearls when a hard particle is coated with calcium carbonate (nacre) after entering the oyster.
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Pearls of Wisdom

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The giant pacific octopus can grow up to 600 pounds!
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Revealing the Largest Octopus

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Two of the worlds largest jellyfish, the lions mane jellyfish, float together.
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Extreme Jellyfish

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An artist sketches the preserved bones of a specimen in the Smithsonian's collection.
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Flippers, Jawbones, and Blowholes: Marine Specimens Inspire Artists

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