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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...

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, scientists from a wide variety of disciplines examine the impacts of environmental change on...

Oil in the Ocean

Jun 11 2010 - 5:30pm

In summer 2009, in the heart of New Orleans, a 600-foot tanker collided with a 200-foot fuel barge, tearing the barge in half. Several hundred thousand gallons of oil leaked out of the barge and into the fast-flowing Mississippi River, heading quickly towards the ocean. The oil spread down the...