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Sea anemone illustrations from Ernst Haeckel.
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Sea Anemones

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Illustration of colorful nudibranchs from Ernst Haeckel.
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Nudibranchs

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Blue mussels use byssus threads (which you can see on the right, in front of the barnacle shell) to attach to rocks and sometimes to stop a predator from making them a meal.
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Byssus Threads on a Blue Mussel

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Hastigerinella digitata's many spines support sticky, hair-like “fishing lines” made from cytoplasm (the living part of a cell – mostly fluid, salts and proteins) that entangle prey.
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Tiny, but Deadly

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An estimated 5 tons of plastic are fed to albatross chicks each year at Midway Atoll.
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What We’re Reading 11/14

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