Category: Gallery

A lurking lingcod lies in anticipatory ambush, while a whirl of reclusive rockfish convene a kelp canopy convention in the majestic marine reserve of Point Lobos. 📷 by Joe …

The Monterey Bay has our favorite piece of eye candy—never runs out too. Source link

2009 vs 2019 Source link

That feeling when you realize it’s Friday afternoon *and* you’re the most adorable baby California sheephead in the world! 😍 Source link

*Gulp* 😱😍 We’re DEEPLY excited about this new video sea-ries from our colleagues at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Check out episode one: The gulper eel! Source link

Why these sea slugs look so much like David Bowie: bowiebranchia: Honestly, honored. One of the greatest blogs out there—glad to see it sealebrated! Source link

Sea stars dance to their own rhythm: This one is called “The Ambulacral Groove.” Sea stars amble about with hundreds of tiny tube feet—lovely hydraulically powered limbs unique to …

And now for a sight not normally seen, we present to you: An *adorable* sand crab butt These delightfully diminutive decapods spend most of their time burrowed in the …

The original live-action Dumbo! This dumbo octopus (genus Grimpoteuthis) is named for its floppy “ears”—the tell-tale fins of cirrate octopuses, which also include flapjack octopuses (genus Opisthoteuthis). Our colleagues …

Great question! That horizontal “blink” and the three oval pupils are various tricks of the light as it bounces off the mantis shrimp’s triple-banded, highly-faceted eyes!  Mantis shrimp do …