Diving into Creatures of the Deep

Dive in and learn about creatures of the deep. These mysterious species live way below the surface of the ocean.

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A sea lion on a beach twisted on its side A sea lion with domoic acid poisoning experiencing involuntary muscle spasms. Credit: Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute
Fish sitting on ice in a metal bowl. Fresh-caught taʻape on ice. Credit: Conservation International Hawaiʻi.
Several people in blue long-sleeve BoriCorps shirts and sunhats wade through shallow water, dragging mangrove plants. BoriCorps members plant mangroves in Puerto Rico. Credit: NOAA Fisheries
NOAA enforcement staff and a Florida International University scientist perform the first field test of a field forensic device during an enforcement operation in Newark, New Jersey. NOAA enforcement staff and Florida International University scientist perform the first field test of a field forensic device during an enforcement operation in Newark, New Jersey. Credit: NOAA Fisheries
Nesting east Pacific green turtle in Galapagos - sandy head shot. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Boyd Lyon Nesting east Pacific green turtle in Galapagos - sandy head shot. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Boyd Lyon
An aerial view of a crane moving hard substrate from the deck of a barge into the Piankatank River Hard substrate is moved from a barge into the Piankatank River, part of NOAA's Middle Peninsula Habitat Focus Area in Virginia, to form a reef onto which oysters can settle. Researchers explored what the future of these reefs could mean for the area and its economy. Credit: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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