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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Technology and Sea Turtles

May 23, 2013 - 10:32AM
Sea turtles may have survived the planetary changes that killed the dinosaurs, but now they are threatened by fisheries. It's estimated that some 4,600 sea turtles are killed by fishing nets and hooks every year in U.S. waters...

Blue-footed Booby

May 21, 2013 - 3:14PM
Blue-footed Boobies ( Sula nebouxii ) , common in the Galapagos Islands and...

West Indian Manatee Portrait

May 17, 2013 - 11:45AM
West Indian Manatees, Trichechus manatus , are found in warm, shallow...

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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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