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  • <p>A leatherback sea turtle crawls across the sand at the<span style="line-height: 20px;">&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 20px;">Area de Conservación Guanacaste site in Costa Rica.</span></p>

    Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica
    Nov 5 2010 - 1:17pm
    The Area de Conservación Guanacaste site in Costa Rica was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1999. The site has the most intact inshore Pacific marine ecosystem between the Panama Canal Zone...
  • A researcher holds an arm bone from a "toothed" mysticete whale from Vancouver Island.

    Arm Bone Fossil of an Ancient Toothed Whale
    May 11 2012 - 11:46am
    Nick Pyenson, curator of fossil marine mammals at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, holds an arm bone from a "toothed" mysticete from Vancouver Island. This is the second...
  • Close-up of Boreo-Atlantic Armhook Squid, Gonatus fabricii.

    Armhook Squid
    Jan 6 2011 - 11:55am
    Close-up of Boreoatlantic armhook squid, Gonatus fabricii. View the “Under Arctic Ice” photo essay.
  • <p>Submarine pilot&nbsp;Bruce Brandt secures&nbsp;<a href="/ocean-photos/reef-monitoring-structure">ARMS</a>&nbsp;to the outside of the submersible <em>Curasub</em> so it can deploy ARMS on the seafloor.</p>

    ARMS Deployment from a Submarine
    Aug 16 2012 - 2:21pm
    Submarine pilot Bruce Brandt secures ARMS (Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures) to the submersible Curasub off the coast of Curacao. In shallow water, SCUBA divers can place these biodiversity...
  • Artist Shih Chieh Huang's creations are often composed of lights, computer parts, and plastic refuse.

    Artist Shih Chieh Huang
    Aug 25 2011 - 2:53pm
    Artist Shih Chieh Huang assembling one of his installations. Huang was a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellow in 2007 and spent his time studying bioluminescent marine animals.
  • Map showing the range of the eastern and western populations of Atlantic bluefin tuna and their spawning grounds in the Gulf of Mexico and the Mediterranean Sea.

    Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Distribution Map
    Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am
    This map is based on electronic tagging of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) from 1996 to 2007. A team of international researchers officially classified the Atlantic bluefin as endangered in...
  • a spotted dolphin swims through the ocean at night

    Atlantic Spotted Dolphins, Little Bahama Bank, The Bahamas
    Dec 23 2010 - 2:14pm
    “At night, spotted dolphins move offshore into the Gulf Stream’s deep waters in search of squid.” -- Nature's Best photographer, Andrew Sallmon. See more beautiful ocean photos in our slideshow of...
  • Atolla Jellyfish from the Waters of Japan

    Atolla Jellyfish from the Waters of Japan
    Aug 3 2010 - 12:11pm
    The ROV Hyper Dolphin caught this deep-sea jelly (Atolla wyvillei) on film east of Izu-Oshina Island, Japan. When attacked, it uses bioluminescence to "scream" for help—an amazing light show known as...
  • Auster gets ready to study fish predators at Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary off the coast of Georgia.

    Auster Dives on a Rock Face
    Jul 27 2011 - 12:14pm
    Auster gets ready to study fish predators at Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary off the coast of Georgia.
  • A sea lion in the Sea of Cortez observes Auster as he observes reef fishes.

    Auster Diving with Sea Lion
    Jul 27 2011 - 12:15pm
    A sea lion in the Sea of Cortez observes Dr. Peter Auster as he observes reef fishes. Learn more about deep-sea coral reefs in our Deep-sea Corals article.
  • Auster gets ready to study fish predators at Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary off the coast of Georgia.

    Auster Prepares to Dive
    Jul 27 2011 - 12:11pm
    Dr. Peter Auster gets ready for a dive to study the ecology of fish predators at Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary off the coast of Georgia.
  • One-third of Australia's territorial waters is protected as a marine preserve, includes an underwater canyon as large as the U.S. Grand Canyon, seagrass meadows, and the biodiverse reefs of the Coral Sea, including the one shown here.

    Australia's 1.2 Million Mile Marine Reserve
    Feb 13 2013 - 10:55am
    In November 2012, Australia began protecting a huge swath of its ocean from overfishing and oil exploration, creating the largest network of marine reserves in the world at a grand total of 1.2...