Ocean Life & Ecosystems

From the tiny to the titanic, from the familiar to the undiscovered, the ocean offers a stunning diversity of marine life and nearly every kind of habitat imaginable. Dive in and explore them here.

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Do Sharks Smell in Stereo?

Animals, on land and in the ocean, live in a 3-D world, and they depend on their sense organs and brains to build the mental constructs that allow them to orient and navigate, which...

The Sant Ocean Hall: Life at the Poles Exhibit

At the Poles, Life Thrives Located beside the Shores and Shallows gallery (...
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How Sea Slugs Steal the Defenses of Their Prey

Not all slugs (snails without shells) are slimy brown pests found in your...

Naturally Resilient

Bikini Atoll, formed over millions of years around an island in the Pacific...

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How Oil Feeds the Deep Sea

Nov 18, 2014
There can be catastrophic results when a large amount of oil is spilled into the ocean—as when the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and spewed oil into...

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Cashes Ledge is a wild, special place in the heart of the Gulf of Maine...

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Giant Squid

Giant squid live up to their name: the largest giant squid ever recorded by scientists was almost 43 feet (13 meters) long,...

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