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Up Close and Personal with a Mangrove Root

I got a lot of funny looks at the airport when I opened the oversized cooler for...

October 2017

A submersible explores the deep reefs off of Curacao in the Caribbean.

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Keeping Exploration Alive With Manned Submersibles

The Ocean Portal was lucky enough to join the Deep Reef Observation Project team in...

October 2015

A diver clears the bottom of a cargo ship of specimens.

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Unearthing Information About Invasives From the Bottom of a Cargo Ship

I am once again leaving my familiar world behind and descending into the abyss...

February 2015

Positioned in front of a natural oil seep, this video camera is capturing images of the black oil bubbling up from beneath the sea floor. A light mounted to the frame helps see what is happening in the dark on the sea floor.

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How Oil Feeds the Deep Sea

There can be catastrophic results when a large amount of oil is spilled into the...

November 2014

This queen parrotfish scrapes algae from Caribbean reefs with its parrot-like beak.

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From Despair to Repair: Protecting Parrotfish Can Help Bring Back Caribbean Coral Reefs

Reef biologists over a certain age are haunted by memories of what glorious places...

July 2014

Brian Skerry sits on a 20 foot high underwater tripod to photograph the Aquarius Habitat off Florida.

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Portraits of Planet Ocean – Behind The Photographs

As an assignment photographer, I sometimes feel as though I am living in a vacuum,...

September 2013

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The Search for an Elusive Ribbon Worm

With 1,400 named species of ribbon worms inhabiting every ecosystem on earth,...

March 2013

Seagrasses are flowering plants that can form dense underwater meadows and are an important shallow water habitat.

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How Coastal Seagrass Feeds the Deep

It is a well-known fact that for animals living in the deep sea, food can be...

February 2013

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Reflections on the Successful Search for the Giant Squid

I have been at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History since...

January 2013

A tusk shell hermit crab peeks out of his shell.

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Uncovering Biodiversity Before It Disappears

Editor's Note: See more information and details about the organisms displayed in...

August 2012

The Curasub departs for a deep sea dive, up to 1,000 feet off the island of Curaçao, where this sub is located.

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A Voyage of Discovery to Inner Space

The Mars rover Curiosity is sending images back home: glimpses of another world...

August 2012

Gabor Szathmary secures one of the plaster jackets containing a fossil "toothed" mysticete that was excavated on Vancouver Island.

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Whale fossils on the mainland, and into a CT scanner

After a few long days of hard work on the island, we were finally able to excavate...

May 2012

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Up Close and Personal with a Mangrove Root

Keeping Exploration Alive With Manned Submersibles

Unearthing Information About Invasives From the Bottom of a Cargo Ship

How Oil Feeds the Deep Sea

From Despair to Repair: Protecting Parrotfish Can Help Bring Back Caribbean Coral Reefs

Portraits of Planet Ocean – Behind The Photographs

The Search for an Elusive Ribbon Worm

How Coastal Seagrass Feeds the Deep

Reflections on the Successful Search for the Giant Squid

Uncovering Biodiversity Before It Disappears

A Voyage of Discovery to Inner Space

Whale fossils on the mainland, and into a CT scanner

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Up Close and Personal with a Mangrove Root

Keeping Exploration Alive With Manned Submersibles

Unearthing Information About Invasives From the Bottom of a Cargo Ship

How Oil Feeds the Deep Sea

From Despair to Repair: Protecting Parrotfish Can Help Bring Back Caribbean Coral Reefs

Portraits of Planet Ocean – Behind The Photographs

The Search for an Elusive Ribbon Worm

How Coastal Seagrass Feeds the Deep

Reflections on the Successful Search for the Giant Squid

Uncovering Biodiversity Before It Disappears

A Voyage of Discovery to Inner Space

Whale fossils on the mainland, and into a CT scanner

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