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a close up of bacteria
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Vibrio

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an old illustration of an eel
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The European Eel

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A moon jellyfish.
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Moon Jellyfish

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a woman with short black hair and a long necklace of pearls sits in front of a microscope and holds a small button coral
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Dr. Joan Murrell Owens

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A pearlfish, which lives in the orange sea cucumber's anus, emerges to feed.
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Pearlfish from a Sea Cucumber

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“Upon returning from the reef after a night dive, I swam toward a bright reflection and came eye-to-eye with this beautiful, curious squid.” -- Nature's Best photographer Charles Viggers.Equipment Used to Capture the Shot: Nikon D700; 105mm ƒ/2.8 lens
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Squid at Sunset Reef Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

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A tusk shell hermit crab peeks out of his shell.
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Uncovering Biodiversity Before It Disappears

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an algae bloom around Florida is documented by a satellite
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Seeing Algae from Space

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A researcher holds an arm bone from a "toothed" mysticete whale from Vancouver Island.
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Arm Bone Fossil of an Ancient Toothed Whale

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The Amazon River carries all the rainwater that lands in the Amazon rainforest, covering some 2.1 million square miles, into the ocean. And with it, it carries vital nutrients like phosphorus, nitrogen and silicon.
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Where the Amazon Meets the Ocean

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A chiton displays its overlapping protective plates running down the back.
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Chiton on a Rock

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Jellyfish produce mucus, especially when stressed, which can interact with oil and break it down. This moon jellyfish is sloughing off mucus that has mixed with droplets of oil.
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How Jellyfish Break Down Oil After a Spill

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