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The Curasub is deployed by the R/V Chapman
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R/V Chapman and Curasub

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This magnified photo provides a close-up look at copepods—tiny crustaceans that right whales feed on.
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Copepods: Right Whale Food

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In the 19th century, many women wore tight corsets that were stiffened with stays made from baleen.
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Whale Products in Fashion

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This illustration shows whalers of the early 1800s with their highly profitable catch.
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Whalers in the early 1800s

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North Atlantic right whales and ocean-going vessels often cross paths.
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Ship and North Atlantic Right Whale

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These corals are dead—smothered in sediments and overgrown with algae.
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Dead Coral Overgrown with Algae

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A close up view of Phoenix and the rough patches of skin known as callosities that are found on all North Atlantic right whales.
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Phoenix’s Callosities

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Whales are identifiable by their distinct pattern of callosities.
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Whale Callosities

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A coral reef covered by silt and sand in the Western Pacific Ocean.
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Coral Reef Covered by Silt and Sand

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This Marine National Monument protects a chain of atolls and reefs 1,931-kilometers (1,200-miles) long.
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Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument

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Vertebrates evolved in the sea and eventually moved onto land. The ancestors of whales later returned to the sea.
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Whales Returned to the Sea

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Notice the pink tentacles, which “recliners” used to filter feed.
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Recliner Rudists

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