View of water off a sailing vessel.

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The colorful parrotfish sculpture is made entirely of ocean plastic trash.

Turning Ocean Trash to Treasure

The plastic we use in our everyday lives has a habit of finding its way into the ocean. One artist aims to change that.

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Two killer whales.

How Drones in the Sky Unlock Secrets of the Sea

A wave curls near the shore.

Shooting the Waves: Tips from a Surf Photographer

Walter Adey and the NMNH coral reef tank

The Evolution of a Reef Aquarium

Black and white image of the Western Flyer boat at dock.

Bringing the Western Flyer, and History, Back to Life

A dish of halibut

America’s ever-changing relationship with seafood

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A screenshot from the video showing a translucent jellyfish in deepwater.

Blackwater Drifting

A screenshot from video of a lobster.

A Rainbow of Colorful Lobsters

A screenshot from video of a school of fish swimming.

Bob the Drifter

A screenshot from the video of colorful corals.

Slow Life: Time-Lapse on the Coral Reef

A screenshot from the video with oyster farmers in water.

Farming Oysters Despite Acidic Seas

An image of an ancient Egyptian sailboat painting.

What is Marine Archaeology?

Thumbnail of narrator with graphic images of scuba divers in background.

Shipwrecked!

Black and White photo of the Western Flyer on the ocean.

Western Flyer: A New Chapter

Down below where the sunlight cannot penetrate, the ocean is a dark, cold and alien landscape. Can life really exist in such an extreme environment? NOAA Ocean Today Every Full Moon takes a look at the bizarre and remarkable creatures that persist in the d

Creep into the Deep

a midwater jelly floats in the water

Mysteries of the Mesopelagic

A blue and white knit dinoflagellate.

Make Your Own: Dinoflagellate

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