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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 narwhal breaches the surface, its tusk pointed to the sky

Why a Tusk? The real-life unicorns of the sea and the tusks that make them famous

An arrow-worm from the genus Spadella. Alvariño discovered and classified the species Spadella gaetanoi in 1978.

Ángeles Alvariño: Woman of Many Namesakes

A brittle star clings to the branches of a deep sea coral

A Brittle Star May Be a Coral’s Best Friend

A variety of jellyfish

It’s All in the (Jellyfish) Family

One of ten robots that examined an area of 800 cubic kilometers in northern Monterey Bay, over the course of 24 days, in 2006.

Teams of Robots Can Help Us Build 3D Maps of the Ocean

A school of bluefin tuna

The Great Pacific Migration of Bluefin Tuna

Divers at a shipwreck site

Wood Under Sand: The Search for A Slave Shipwreck

A beaked whale at the ocean's surface

Seeing with Sound: Acoustic monitoring of beaked whales

This portrait of William Dampier hangs in London’s National Gallery in recognition of his contribution to natural history.

William Dampier - The Pirate Who Collected Plants

A dish of halibut

America’s ever-changing relationship with seafood

Eugenie Clark collecting specimens on a dive.

Eugenie Clark - The Shark Lady

The Havre volcano lies three thousand feet (900 meters) beneath the sea surface.

The Mystery of an Underwater Volcano

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