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Model of a lion’s mane jellyfish on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. This jellyfish, a member of the phylum Cnidaria, can have tentacles up to 190 feet long (58 meters) and a bell almost 7 feet (2 meters) in diameter.
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Lion's Mane Jellyfish in Sant Ocean Hall

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Hundreds of birds congregate around the trawl fishing vessel. The orange "bird scaring lines" keep the birds from flying into the trawl cables where they can accidentally get caught and die.
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Bird scaring lines

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A healthy, deep sea octocoral and their brittle star partners
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Brittle stars and their best friends the octocorals

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A brittle star sits in the middle of a deep sea octocoral that is damaged from a nearby oil spill
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Oil spill damaged octocoral

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An illustration of two narwals, one with two tusks
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Two Tusked Narwhal

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Diagram of narwhal anatomy and tusk function
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Narwhal Anatomy

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A large tiger shark swims above a thresher shark, epaulette shark, and zebra shark in the open ocean
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Shark Tail Fins Tell a Story

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Basking shark
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Basking Shark

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A prickly dogfish swims in blue water near the ocean's bottom.
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Prickly Dogfish

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Epaulette shark
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Epaulette Shark

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The tasseled wobbegong, has a fringe of dermal lobes around its entire head, each of which is elaborately branched.
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Wobbegong Shark

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Ghost shark swimming
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Ghost Shark

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