Skip to main content
Smithsonian Institution
Language Search Smithsonian Ocean
Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Flickr Follow us on Tumbr
Donate

Smithsonian Ocean

Main Menu

  • Ocean Life
    • Marine Mammals
    • Sharks & Rays
    • Reptiles
    • Seabirds
    • Fish
    • Invertebrates
    • Plankton
    • Plants & Algae
    • Microbes
  • Ecosystems
    • Coral Reefs
    • Deep Sea
    • Coasts & Shallow Water
    • Poles
    • Census of Marine Life
  • Planet Ocean
    • Tides & Currents
    • Waves, Storms & Tsunamis
    • The Seafloor
    • Temperature & Chemistry
  • Through Time
    • Ancient Seas
    • Extinctions
    • Evolution
    • The Anthropocene
  • Conservation
    • Fishing
    • Pollution
    • Habitat Destruction
    • Invasive Species
    • Acidification
    • Climate Change
    • Gulf Oil Spill
    • Solutions & Success Stories
    • Get Involved
  • Human Connections
    • Books, Film & The Arts
    • Recreation
    • Seafood
    • Exploration
    • History & Cultures
    • Careers
  • At The Museum
  • Educators
Menu
Search

Search

Showing results for "All"
Filter

Content type

  • Article (26)

Article Type

  • (-) Article (26)
  • Personal Perspectives (15)

Topics

  • Animal Behavior (1)
  • At The Museum (6)
  • Beaches (1)
  • Careers (1)
  • Census of Marine Life (1)
  • Climate Change (11)
  • Coasts & Shallow Water (5)
  • Conservation (2)
  • Coral Reefs (4)
  • Exploration (2)
  • Fish (1)
  • Fishing (3)
  • Get Involved (7)
  • Habitat Destruction (1)
  • History & Cultures (3)
  • Ice (1)
  • Invasive Species (1)
  • Invertebrates (2)
  • Mangroves (2)
  • Ocean Life (2)
  • Planet Ocean (1)
  • Plants & Algae (2)
  • Poles (2)
  • Pollution (3)
  • Reptiles (1)
  • Seafood (4)
  • Sea Level (1)
  • Sharks & Rays (4)
  • Solutions & Success Stories (4)
  • Technology (3)
  • Temperature & Chemistry (2)
  • The Anthropocene (2)
  • The Seafloor (1)
  • Tides & Currents (1)

Tags

  • Algae (9)
  • Algae blooms (4)
  • Ancient sea life (6)
  • Apex predator (2)
  • Arctic (3)
  • Art (2)
  • Ballast Water (3)
  • Beaches (8)
  • Biodiversity (9)
  • Bycatch (2)
  • Citizens of the Sea (2)
  • Coral bleaching (3)
  • Corals (12)
  • Crabs, Shrimp & Relatives (9)
  • Currents (3)
  • Darwin (2)
  • Deepwater Horizon (13)
  • Defenses (2)
  • DNA barcoding (4)
  • Dolphins & Porpoises (3)
  • Education (7)
  • Endangered species (12)
  • Events (3)
  • Feeding (5)
  • Fisheries (14)
  • Fossils (7)
  • Geology (7)
  • Glaciers (2)
  • Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (15)
  • Ice (3)
  • Jellyfish, Anemones & Relatives (3)
  • Lionfish (2)
  • Mangroves (2)
  • Maps (3)
  • Maritime history (5)
  • Migration (4)
  • Mussels, Oysters & Relatives (5)
  • National Museum of Natural History (21)
  • Native people (3)
  • New discoveries (5)
  • News (4)
  • Oceanography (2)
  • Ocean Optimism (4)
  • Ocean Trash (6)
  • Oil spills (14)
  • Paleobiology (2)
  • Photography (3)
  • Phytoplankton (2)
  • Predation (8)
  • Protecting Spaces (6)
  • Reproduction (5)
  • Research vessels (4)
  • Restoring Habitats (3)
  • Scientists at work (7)
  • Seagrass (4)
  • Sea stars & Urchins (3)
  • Sea turtles (6)
  • Senses (7)
  • Sharks (11)
  • Skates and rays (2)
  • Smithsonian collections (6)
  • Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (6)
  • Smithsonian exhibits (9)
  • Smithsonian scientists (26)
  • Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (3)
  • Snails & Slugs (2)
  • Sponges (2)
  • Squids & Octopuses (2)
  • Sustainable Seafood (6)
  • Symbiosis (4)
  • Tagging (3)
  • Technology (13)
  • Tides (2)
  • Tsunamis (2)
  • Tuna (4)
  • Under the microscope (5)
  • Vents & Volcanoes (2)
  • Waves (2)
  • Whales (18)
  • Women in Science (5)
  • Zooplankton (2)
  • (-) Climate Change (12)
  • (-) NOAA (8)
  • (-) Shark finning (3)
  • (-) Smithsonian Marine Station at Ft. Pierce (4)
  • Sort By Relevance
  • A-Z
  • Z-A
  • Newest
  • Oldest
A Honduran small-scale fisherman on a boat setting out to fish.
Article

Clever Measures Track Fishing Pressures

Imagine taking a few measurements from a freshly caught fish and from that small...
August 2018
a bull shark in a net
Article

How Climate Change is Impacting Shark Mothering

As any mother knows, ensuring the safety of your kids is a tough job. For bull...
July 2018
An image from a drone of Majuro island
Article

Mapping Out What’s Next for the Marshall Islands

For residents of the Marshall Islands, a system of over a thousand islands found on...
June 2018
Walter Adey and the NMNH coral reef tank
Article

The Evolution of a Reef Aquarium

In the late 1970s, Walter Adey, a paleobiologist and coral reef researcher at the...
October 2017
Trout cages in 30 feet of water.
Article

Aquaculture Comes Full Circle

Until recently we were farmers on land and hunter-gatherers at sea, but how we get...
September 2015
The coastline of American Samoa National Marine Sanctuary
Article

The Reefs of American Samoa: A Story of Hope

Sometimes called the rainforests of the sea, coral reefs are incredibly diverse and...
September 2014
A juvenile Kemp's ridley sea turtle emerges from the nest
Article

Taking the Temperature of the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle

The Kemp’s ridley is a “riddler” among sea turtles. Although the species was...
May 2014
A walrus sits on top of ice.
Article

The Cultural Icescapes of the Arctic

Sea ice is typically viewed as the domain of physical and natural scientists, the...
March 2014
A newly established black mangrove sits in a field of salt marsh near the northern limit of mangroves in Florida. Mangroves have been expanding near their northern limit in Florida and the expansion is linked to a reduction in the frequency of ex
Article

Finding Mangroves In Unexpected Places

Over the past several decades, Florida’s coastal wetlands have been changing....
February 2014
A map of NOAA's 13 marine protected areas
Article

40 Years of National Marine Sanctuaries

In 1872, the United States did something remarkable. We set aside one of our...
October 2012
Large numbers of grey reef sharks were observed at Jarvis Island, an uninhabited Pacific island, during the 2010 Pacific RAMP expedition of the NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai.
Article

Reef Sharks Repelled by People

Reef sharks rarely get any love. These sharks, comprising several species, loiter...
April 2012
A student uses a marker to decorate a reusable lunch bag with ocean creatures
Article

Teaching Your Students About Marine Debris: a Classroom Activity

Have you ever gone to your favorite coastal or lakeside beach and instead of having...
September 2011

Pagination

  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Next page Next
  • Last page Last

Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Ocean
Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Flickr Follow us on Tumbr
Contact Us

Explore

  • Ocean Life
  • Ecosystems
  • Planet Ocean
  • Through Time
  • Conservation
  • Human Connections
  • At The Museum
  • About
  • Media Archive
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Donate
  • Ocean Life
    • Marine Mammals
    • Sharks & Rays
    • Reptiles
    • Seabirds
    • Fish
    • Invertebrates
    • Plankton
    • Plants & Algae
    • Microbes
  • Ecosystems
    • Coral Reefs
    • Deep Sea
    • Coasts & Shallow Water
    • Poles
    • Census of Marine Life
  • Planet Ocean
    • Tides & Currents
    • Waves, Storms & Tsunamis
    • The Seafloor
    • Temperature & Chemistry
  • Through Time
    • Ancient Seas
    • Extinctions
    • Evolution
    • The Anthropocene
  • Conservation
    • Fishing
    • Pollution
    • Habitat Destruction
    • Invasive Species
    • Acidification
    • Climate Change
    • Gulf Oil Spill
    • Solutions & Success Stories
    • Get Involved
  • Human Connections
    • Books, Film & The Arts
    • Recreation
    • Seafood
    • Exploration
    • History & Cultures
    • Careers
  • At The Museum
  • Educators

Search Smithsonian Ocean