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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

Two new species of sea stars were discovered in the deep sea: Paulasterias tyleri (on the left) in a North Pacific hydrothermal vent community, and Paulasterias mcclaini (on the right) in the deep sea off the coast of Antarctica.

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The Discovery of Two Extreme Sea Stars

Recently, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History researcher Chris Mah and...

May 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

An Atlantic wolffish hiding on Cashes Ledge off the New England coast.

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Exploring a Unique Biodiversity Hotspot In the Gulf of Maine

Cashes Ledge is a wild, special place in the heart of the Gulf of Maine. This...

November 2014

"Barely a room onboard escaped being turned into a part of the sequencing laboratory," wrote Rob Edwards in a blog post about doing genomic sequencing at sea.

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Sequencing at Sea: Studying Small Things Using Big Equipment

Microbes are some of the most important organisms in the sea. These miniscule...

August 2014

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Ocean Sampling Day – Taking the Pulse of the World’s Oceans

If you are a bird watcher you have probably heard of the Christmas Bird Count. The...

June 2014

Small foram shells in seafloor sediment.

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Little Critters that tell a BIG Story: Benthic Foraminifera and the Gulf Oil Spill

You are not alone if you don’t know what forams (short for foraminifera) are, so...

June 2014

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Bacteria on Whale Skin Tell a Tale of Health and Sickness

Whales swimming in the ocean are never really alone. Even if one swims by itself...

March 2014

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4,000 Years of Marine History through the Eyes of a Seabird

Most people have never heard of the Hawaiian petrel, an endangered, crow-sized...

May 2013

A whale shark swims with a diver off the coast of East Africa.

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The Big Five of the Ocean: Exploring the Waters of East Africa

When we think "Africa," we think of the "Big Five"—lions, elephants, leopards,...

November 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

Dive through the zones of the ocean to the deep ocean bottom where many strange species live, and there are many yet to be discovered. Explore them in the Deep Ocean Exploration section.

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What We DON'T Know About the Deep Sea

Imagine: You’re in a small submersible, and you gently settle on the soft muddy...

July 2012

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How Oil Feeds the Deep Sea

Exploring a Unique Biodiversity Hotspot In the Gulf of Maine

Sequencing at Sea: Studying Small Things Using Big Equipment

Ocean Sampling Day – Taking the Pulse of the World’s Oceans

Little Critters that tell a BIG Story: Benthic Foraminifera and the Gulf Oil Spill

Bacteria on Whale Skin Tell a Tale of Health and Sickness

4,000 Years of Marine History through the Eyes of a Seabird

The Big Five of the Ocean: Exploring the Waters of East Africa

A Voyage of Discovery to Inner Space

What We DON'T Know About the Deep Sea

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Up Close and Personal with a Mangrove Root

The Discovery of Two Extreme Sea Stars

How Oil Feeds the Deep Sea

Exploring a Unique Biodiversity Hotspot In the Gulf of Maine

Sequencing at Sea: Studying Small Things Using Big Equipment

Ocean Sampling Day – Taking the Pulse of the World’s Oceans

Little Critters that tell a BIG Story: Benthic Foraminifera and the Gulf Oil Spill

Bacteria on Whale Skin Tell a Tale of Health and Sickness

4,000 Years of Marine History through the Eyes of a Seabird

The Big Five of the Ocean: Exploring the Waters of East Africa

A Voyage of Discovery to Inner Space

What We DON'T Know About the Deep Sea

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