Category: Gallery

montereybayaquarium: Sea hares have teeny-tiny little eyes, and we thought you should know: Source link

For someone who may anemoneed it: A fish-eating anemone looking up to the sunlit surface from a deep Monterey Bay reef. 📷 Kate Vylet Source link

You’re clear to land, red-footed leader! After a short stormy stint at sea for the winter, the very first pigeon guillemots of the season have been spotted off our …

We think you’re ready for this deep sea jelly.  The beauty in the deep sea is astounding.⁣ Another wonder of our backyard in the Monterey Submarine Canyon via the …

montereybayaquarium: montereybayaquarium: montereybayaquarium: montereybayaquarium: THE OCEAN: *waves* MONTEREY SUBMARINE CANYON: d e e p THE INTERTIDAL: it’s so littoral THE BEACH: oh for shore  DEEP-SEA HYDROTHERMAL VENT: that’s hot …

          ⋀___⋀   ⠀ = •♠️• =  female sea otters　＿ノ ヽ ノ＼  __ eat ~30% of/　`/ ⌒Ｙ⌒ Ｙ　ヽtheir weight( 　(🦀ヽ人　 /　　 | in food every|　ﾉ⌒＼ ￣￣ヽ　 …

montereybayaquarium: Vermilion rockfish are kelp forest royalty.  Their regal robes of red and glimpses of gallant grey, revealed in this photo by the diver’s lights, are in fact a …

Today? Twi—wait… three times Source link

“Dolphinfish,” aka “dorado,” aka “mahi mahi”—three names for the eight fresh fishy faces that joined our Open Sea exhibit this morning! Dorado can flash vibrant hues of iridescent blue, …

BIOLOGY: so, colors-LINED CHITON: i wanna be pink…BIOLOGY: nice! you graze on coralline algae so good choi-LINED CHITON: …with zig zags…BIOLOGY: huh interest-LINED CHITON: …ELECTRIC BLUE ZIG ZAGS!BIOLOGY: wait …