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Celebrating World Oceans Day
Those of us who can't see the ocean from our window might feel disconnected from the life there. It might seem that, because the ocean feels far away, its problems will only harm those people...
4,000 Years of Marine History through the Eyes of a Seabird
Most people have never heard of the Hawaiian petrel, an endangered, crow-sized seabird that spends the majority of its life searching for food over the North Pacific Ocean. Nevertheless, this...
Salmon Recycling: Waste Not, Want Not
As a research diver for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), one of my jobs is to make sure that people and companies working in the fish industry don’t dump too much waste in the ocean...
Virtual Book Reading with Daniel Botkin
Editor's note: This is an excerpt from Daniel Botkin's new book The Moon in the Nautilus Shell: Discordant Harmonies Reconsidered. He will be in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, May 8th for a...
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Jelly Critters: Gelatinous zooplankton
Grades: 3-5, 6-8Coral Reef Symbiosis
Grades: 6-8Today's Catch
Colorful Crabs
Credit:
Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
These watercolor sketches of Trapezia crabs were drawn by Frederick Bayer, a former Smithsonian coral biologist, in 1947. Trapezia crabs live on and within corals, feeding on their tissue and...
Ocean News
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Study of oceans' past raises worries about their future (Nature)
Jun 17 2013 - 7:11am -
How Diving Mammals Stay Underwater for So Long
Jun 14 2013 - 4:31pm -
WHOI Welcomes Explorer and Director James Cameron and the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER
Jun 14 2013 - 12:00am -
New Explanation for Slow Earthquakes on San Andreas
Jun 13 2013 - 12:00am -
Deep Biosphere Harbors Active, Growing Communities of Microorganisms
Jun 12 2013 - 12:00am -
Ocean Science and Exploration Are Capitol Hill Focus for Explorer and Filmmaker James Cameron and WHOI President & Director Susan Avery
Jun 11 2013 - 12:00am -
European Union closes loopholes in shark finning ban. (Pew Charitable Trust)
Jun 10 2013 - 9:30pm






