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PHOTO On the Hunt for a Perfect Photo in the Mangroves Photographer Brian Skerry hikes through a mangrove in Bimini (The Bahamas) to scout locations to photograph baby sharks. Learn more about Brian's life in the field. MORE PHOTOS


	VIDEO MORE VIDEOS Make Me Care About: Phragmites (Video) Dennis Whigham, a senior botanist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Cent...
	BLOG POST MORE STORIES Five Minutes for Mangroves Happy International Mangrove Action Day! This occasion is a small but vibrant tr...
	PHOTO MORE PHOTOS Mangrove Survival: Against the Odds Mangroves thrive in hot, muddy, salty conditions that would kill most plants. Bu...

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					West Indian Manatee Portrait May 17, 2013 - 9:24AMWest Indian Manatees, Trichechus manatus, are found in warm, shallow coastal ecosystems along the southeastern North America and northeastern South America. They graze plants in mangrove ecosystems and seagrass beds, occasionally...

Dancing Bulb

May 7, 2013 - 9:45AM

This beautiful bromeliad, also called an air plant because it gets its...

Investigating Nutrient Pollution's Impact on Mangroves

Apr 26, 2013 - 9:47AM

At Carrie Bow Cay in Belize, Dr. Candy Feller explains her research on the...

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Mangroves Mangroves are survivors. With their roots submerged in water, mangrove trees thrive in hot, muddy, salty conditions that...

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.	A World Adrift: Life in the Sargassum May 18 2012 - 4:43pm Smithsonian Marine Science Network Postdoctoral Fellow, Seabird McKeon, returns from the Smithsonian field site in Belize. Together with Dan Barshis of Stanford University, Seabird reports on the seemingly invisible inhabitants of drifting sargassum seaweeds. As with many parts of the ocean, a ball...
Sundarbans, Bangladesh Nov 4 2010 - 11:46am The Sundarbans site in Bangladesh was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1997.	Mangroves: A Mudflat Fiddler Crab Jan 26 2010 - 11:46am A male mudflat fiddler crab (Uca rapax) waves its huge claw to impress females and threaten male competitors. More about mangrove swamps and forests can be found in our Mangroves featured story.
Pelican Nest in Mangroves Dec 7 2012 - 9:13am In Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands, brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) nest at the top of a mangrove tree. Many other kinds of birds—as well as insects, frogs, snakes, and lizards—live in the canopy of mangroves. More about mangroves can be found in our Mangroves featured story.	Dancing Bulb May 7 2013 - 9:45am This beautiful bromeliad, also called an air plant because it gets its nutrients and water from the air, is a flowering plant in the pineapple family. All of them are epiphytes, meaning they get their support from and grow on other plants. Many are found in mangrove forests, such as this one making...
Dredge Material Kills Mangroves Jan 26 2010 - 11:46am Fringing mangroves in the Pelican Cays, Belize, were killed by dredge material that overflowed and smothered the aerial roots of trees along the shoreline. More about mangroves can be found in our Mangroves featured story.	Caribbean Mangroves Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am This creek lined with mangroves is located near the Smithsonian Institution’s field station in Bocas del Toro, Panama. The tangled roots support an amazing array of life. Learn more about mangroves in the Ocean Portal's mangrove section.
Dr. Candy Feller with Mangrove Roots Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am Dr. Candy Feller is framed by the roots of a mangrove tree on Panama’s Pacific coast. Mangrove trees grow particularly large in this area. More about mangroves can be found in our Mangroves featured story.	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 America, the Caribbean Islands, and the southern tip of Florida. They're most commonly found in mangrove-...
Mangroves Jul 24 2012 - 1:02pm Mangroves are survivors. With their roots submerged in water, mangrove trees thrive in hot, muddy, salty conditions that would quickly kill most plants. How do they do it? Through a series of impressive adaptations—including a filtration system that keeps out much of the salt and a complex root...	Tiny crab in the sargassum May 18 2012 - 5:17pm The sargassum is coated with encrusting organisms, such as bryozoans and hydroids, that use it as a perch to filter feed in the oceanic waters, as well as crustaceans such as the swimming crab Portunus sayi (Portunidae).
Description of Smithsonian Field Stations Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am These Smithsonian field stations enable scientists worldwide to conduct long-term studies on mangrove ecosystems from a range of latitudes. More about mangroves can be found in our Mangroves featured story.	Pelicans Roost at Oil Spill "Ground Zero" Apr 20 2012 - 11:59am Two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, brown pelicans roost on a mangrove island at the spill's "ground zero," said James Morris of the University of South Carolina. "The impact to this island was great. The recovery is impressive." More about the Gulf oil spill can be found in our Gulf...
Mangrove Support System Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am Arching mangrove roots like these help keep trunks upright in the soft sediments at water’s edge. More about mangroves can be found in our Mangroves featured story.	Sunset Over Marshland Jul 22 2010 - 6:28pm The sun sets over marshland near Ocean City, N.J.