Two people help to clean up human trash from a beach.

5 Simple Things You Can Do for the Ocean

Sea bass flock to a tropical coral reef in the Red Sea.

September 2011

5 Simple Things You Can Do for the Ocean

Learn how you can help protect the ocean.

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Love Salmon? Listen Up.

Cut of Atlantic Salmon on a Plate

December 2010

How You Can Help the Ocean

A beach clean-up in Malaysia brings young people together to care for their coastline.

December 2009

“Storied Fish”: Why Sustainable Seafood Requires A Tale

An opah at the Honolulu Fish Auction with a printed label attached that includes an ID number, bar code, the date, the receiver's ID number, the cart number, species name, vessel name, and weight of the fish.

September 2015

Coral Reefs Need You

A variety of organisms make their home on this tropical coral reef in Indonesia.

October 2010

Animals and the Oil Spill: What Can You Do?

Photograph of an oiled brown pelican squatting on the beach.

June 2010

Are You An Educator?

At Smithsonian Ocean, we have lesson plans, activities, and resources to help you engage your students in the wonders of our oceans.

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Get Involved Articles

Ocean Trash: Marine Debris From Shore to Sea

Plastic bottles and other marine debris cover a rocky beach in Curacao.

July 2011

Be Kind to the Beach

A beach scene with groups of people walking in the water and playing with the sand.

June 2010

What We’re Reading 10/6

A thresher shark was killed after becoming stuck in a gillnet.

October 2016

Helping Kids Help the Ocean

A beach clean-up in Malaysia brings young people together to care for their coastline.

July 2010

Teens Making a Difference in Your Community

North Carolina Delegation students and teachers posing for a photo in front of the ocean at Bald Head Island in North Carolina

April 2011

Love Salmon? Listen Up.

Cut of Atlantic Salmon on a Plate

December 2010

Saving Sharks and Dolphins, Near and Far

Sophi Bromenshenkel poses with a hammerhead shark snow sculpture.

June 2011

SCUBAnauts Splitting The Sign

Participants in the challenge must first set a compass bearing in the direction they are headed to properly navigate underwater.

May 2015

Resolve to Protect the Ocean

A diver cares for the reef by cleaning up discarded fishing gear and garbage.

January 2010

Sustainable Seafood Glossary of Terms

David Barouh displays fresh fish for sale at Seattle’s Pike Place Market

April 2011

Dancing for the Ocean

Three dancers dependent on one another, as in the food web.

May 2012

World Oceans Day 2012

Chrysaora melanaster is a jellyfish found in the Arctic.

May 2012