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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The Sant Ocean Hall: Life at the Poles Exhibit

At the Poles, Life Thrives Located beside the Shores and Shallows gallery (which highlights different kinds of coastal ecosystems around the world), the Poles area will take you to the ends...
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Scientists Discover Seven New Species of Fish

Starksia blennies, small coral reef fish with elongated bodies, have been well-...
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New Age of Discovery

CREDIT: Mark Amend, NOAA How many Species? For a long time, because deep-sea...
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5 Reasons to Revere, Not Fear, the Shark

CREDIT: © Mary Parrish/Smithsonian Institution 1. Respect Your Elders Sharks...

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Helpful Herbivores

Jun 19, 2013 - 2:52PM
When snorkeling in the Kahekili Herbivore Fisheries Management Area (KHFMA) in West Maui, I keep an eye out for certain kinds of fish. Not the brightest or the biggest, but those herbivores such as uhu (parrotfish), lau'ipala (...

Earth Day, Spawned from the Sea

Apr 22, 2013 - 10:29AM
Sometimes I think that our planet Earth, named for the Old English word for...

The Search for an Elusive Ribbon Worm

Mar 12, 2013 - 2:40PM
With 1,400 named species of ribbon worms inhabiting every ecosystem on earth...

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Sea Creatures from the Deep: A Video by National Geographic and the Census of Marine Life

The Census of Marine Life - a ten-year effort by scientists from around the world to answer the age-old question, “What...

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