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Coral scientist Dr. Amy Baco-Taylor observed corals like these on her first submarine dive to a deep-sea coral bed off the coast of Hawaii.
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Deep-Sea Coral Community

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Dr. J. Murray Roberts photographed these living polyps from the Mingulay Reef Complex off Scotland in aquaria in 2010.
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Lophelia Pertusa Coral Polyps

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This colony of Lophelia pertusa was photographed from the Mingulay Reef Complex off Scotland in 2005.
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Lophelia pertusa Colony

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A young visitor holds up his painted fish Gyotaku fish print at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
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Gyotaku Fish Print

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A teacher and a young boy paint a fish mold to create a Gyotaku style print
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Gyotaku Fish Prints

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Monk seal pup
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A Mediterranean Monk Seal Pup

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A photo of an anglerfish
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Sea Toad

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A photo of a candy basslet, an orange and yellow-striped fish.
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Candy Basslet

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A photo of a cave basslet.
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Cave Basslet

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A map of of the Caribbean, featuring the island of Curaçao.
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Curaçao

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A Smithsonian scientist with a whale fossil he excavated
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Panama Expedition Success

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Scientists remove remove the whale fossil plaster jacket from the r
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Excavating the Fossil

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