Media Gallery: Story A-Z

  • 5 Invasive Species You Should Know
    Sep 27 2011 - 1:09pm
    Regardless of what continent you live on, the waters that surround it are home to marine invaders. The ocean is teeming with plants and animals willing and able to move beyond their native habitats....

  • 5 Reasons to Revere, Not Fear, the Shark
    Sep 1 2011 - 3:08pm
    CREDIT: © Mary Parrish/Smithsonian Institution 1. Respect Your Elders  Sharks have a long and impressive lineage. Ancient sharks were cruising the ocean 400 million years ago--long...

  • 5 Simple Things You Can Do for the Ocean
    Sep 2 2011 - 3:32pm
    CREDIT: Flickr User Fabi Fliervoet   1. Bring Your Own The trash we "throw away" doesn't disappear. Plastic bags, disposable food containers, snack wrappers, and other loose garbage can be...

  • Amy Baco-Taylor: Passionate about Deep-Sea Corals
    Jul 27 2011 - 10:56am
    Two events made me passionate about deep-sea corals. One was my first submarine dive in a deep-sea coral bed off the Hawaiian island of Oahu. There was an incredibly lush community of corals and...

  • Archaeologists Study Early Whaling Community in Quebec, Canada
    Sep 12 2011 - 1:10pm
    CREDIT: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Basque Whalers Background Having already learned to hunt large whales in the Bay of Biscay in the 13th through 15th centuries, Basques began...

  • Arctic Lesson Plans from NOAA
    Aug 17 2011 - 3:25pm
    Chapter 3: Fragile Fauna Jelly Critters Grade Level: 5-6 Focus: Life Science- Gelatinous zooplankton in the Canada Basin  Description: In this activity, students will be able to compare and...

  • Arctic Ocean Diversity
    Sep 4 2012 - 1:31pm
    The ArcOD project brought together existing information about the diversity of Arctic ecosystems, collected new samples to fill in gaps of knowledge and looked for species and community changes over...

  • Around the World Again...and Again
    Jul 27 2010 - 3:05pm
    The Final Journey…and Long-Awaited Fortune Dampier’s third and last voyage around the globe, in 1708, was also a privateering expedition. On this trip he rescued Alexander Selkirk, a pirate who had...

  • Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus)
    Sep 24 2009 - 12:34pm
    CREDIT: Wikimedia User “Fisherman” Because of consumer demand for sashimi (a fresh raw seafood dish), the fishing pressure on Atlantic bluefin tuna is extraordinarily high. The sale of a single...

  • Biodiversity in the Coastal Zone
    Aug 29 2012 - 6:02pm
    Logistically speaking, the nearshore zone of the ocean -- the coastal areas to a depth of around 65 feet (20 meters) -- is the most-studied region of the ocean because of its accessibility. But,...

  • Brian Skerry Vote
    Oct 31 2012 - 4:36pm

  • Brian Skerry Voting Results
    Dec 3 2012 - 6:02pm
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