Slideshow Archive


Slideshow: Life Under the Sea

Duke Marine Lab Director and Alvin submarine pilot Cindy Van Dover was drawn to the hot springs at the bottom of the ocean by her curiosity about life. Would there be sea monsters there? So far, she hasn’t found any, but there are some pretty weird critters.

Hourglass Treefrog (Dendropsophus ebraccatus) males sing in choirs; females visit and choose those males whose calls indicate they are the largest. | Kevin Schafer

Slideshow: Frogs of Costa Rica

OTS Calendar Pin-Ups Show Remarkable Diversity

Slideshow: Toothed Whales in American Samoa

Slideshow: Toothed Whales in American Samoa

Mid-Pacific Islands shelter at least a dozen species of Odontocete

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Slideshow: The eye argues for evolution, not against it

Diversity of design and ability indicates eyes evolved many times in different ways

Slideshow: Pimm’s Planetary Family

Interactions of humans and biodiversity are a global adventure

Fish slideshow

Slideshow: Industrial-Scale Fishing

Fishing practices grow ever more efficient, and destructive.