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  • 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...

  • Expedition to the Line Islands
    Nov 17 2009 - 4:46pm
    Remotely located in the central Pacific Ocean, south of Hawaii, the Line Islands provide a remarkable research opportunity. The archipelago includes coral reefs reflecting the whole spectrum of...

  • Smithsonian Research Stations
    Nov 19 2009 - 5:01pm
    Smithsonian scientists and their colleagues are investigating important questions and issues related to mangrove ecosystems. • At the Smithsonian Marine Field Station on Carrie Bow Cay in Belize...

  • Giant Squid
    Nov 20 2009 - 3:35pm
    Giant squid live up to their name: the largest giant squid ever recorded by scientists was almost 43 feet (13 meters) long, and may have weighed nearly a ton. You’d think such a huge animal would be...

  • Long Before Coral, Mollusks Built the Ocean's Reefs
    Dec 4 2009 - 3:27pm
    About 100 million years ago, during the heyday of the dinosaurs, reefs were built by mollusks called rudist clams. Like modern clams, rudists were bivalves, with two shells (or valves) joined at a...

  • Seamounts: Underwater Oases
    Dec 4 2009 - 3:45pm
    Thousands of seamounts—most of them undersea volcanoes—tower above the muddy seafloor. They provide something hard to come by in the deep ocean: a solid surface to cling to. Corals, sponges, and...

  • North Atlantic Right Whale
    Dec 6 2009 - 10:31pm
    Stretching up to 16.8 meters (55 feet) long and weighing up to 62 tons (70 tons), the North Atlantic right whale is one of the world’s largest animals—and one of the most endangered whales....

  • From Submarines to Robots: Exploring the Deep Ocean
    Dec 8 2009 - 3:19pm
    Filmmaker and National Geographic Explorer James Cameron on March 25, 2012, became the first human to complete a solo submarine dive to Challenger Deep, an undersea valley in the Mariana Trench of...

  • How You Can Help the Ocean
    Dec 13 2009 - 7:14pm
    Make the ConnectionThe first step in making a difference is learning about the ocean and how your actions have an impact. Keep reading to learn everyday things you can do to help protect and restore...

  • Reef Rescue: Protect Coral Reefs with Your Actions
    Dec 15 2009 - 12:25pm
    Coral reefs are beautiful, vibrant ecosystems that house roughly one quarter of all marine species and provide billions of dollars in products and services to humans each year. But they are also...

  • Great White Shark
    Feb 17 2010 - 6:22pm
    Sharks are much older than dinosaurs. Their ancestry dates back more than 400 million years, and they are one of evolution’s greatest success stories. These animals are uniquely adapted to their...

  • NOAA Teacher at Sea Ruth Meadows
    Mar 1 2010 - 6:32pm
    In 2009, Ruth Meadows, a science teacher from Opelika Middle School in Opelika, AL was part of a team of international scientists that may have found a new species! Led by Mike Vecchione of the...