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  • A scorpian in a mangrove ecosystem.

    Scorpion in a Mangrove
    Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am
    A scorpion found in a mangrove. More about mangrove ecosystem can be found in our Mangroves featured story.

  • About Ocean Portal
    Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am
  • Whales are identifiable by their distinct pattern of callosities.

    Whale Callosities
    Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am
    Every North Atlantic right whale has a pattern of callosities unique to that individual. This distinctive pattern provides a very visual, convenient tool that researchers can use to tell one...
  • A Great White Shark hunted and killed.

    Dead Great White Shark
    Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am
    By-catch, illegal fishing, sport fishing, loss of prey and habitat and shark nets are threatening Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) populations globally. More about the great white shark can...
  • Picture of an American Crocodile resting underwater.

    American Crocodile
    Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am
    An American crocodile, Crocodylus acutus, resting on a bed of seagrass. These medium-sized crocodiles live in freshwater and saltwater habitats of Central America, the northern coasts of South...
  • A manatee swimming in shallow waters.

    Manatees
    Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am
    A manatee swimming in shallow waters. The West Indian manatee is listed on the IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species as Vulnerable. More about mangroves can be found in our Mangroves featured story.

  • Dwarf Cup Coral
    Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am
  • Since 1987, researchers have been tracking Phoenix.

    Meet Phoenix—One of about 450 remaining North Atlantic Right Whales
    Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am
    Since 1987, researchers have been tracking Phoenix. More about whales can be found in our Tale of a whale featured story.
  • The Carrie Bow Cay Marine Field Station supports marine research year-round.

    Field Station at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize
    Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am
    The Smithsonian’s Carrie Bow Cay Marine Field Station supports research projects of marine scientists year-round. It offers ready access to thousands of small mangrove islands as well as countless...
  • Artistic rendering of an ancient shark, Helicoprion.

    Illustration of Helicoprion
    Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am
    This illustration shows one old idea of what the ancient shark Helicoprion might have looked like. There was room for many ideas—some more plausible than others—because the only fossils of the fish...
  • Illustration of the extinct shark Carcharodon megalodon.

    Ancient Great White Shark
    Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am
    A scientific illustration of the most powerful fish of its time, Carcharodon megalodon, which swam the ocean 30 million years ago.  This shark may have reached a size of 20 meters/66 feet....
  • Follow Omoo, a Great White Shark, at she swims across the Pacific.

    TOPP cartoon of Omoo
    Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am
    Omoo, a Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias), carries a satellite tag that sends information daily about her movements across the Pacific. Follow her migration real-time. More about the great...