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

Showing results for "All"
Filter

Content type

  • (-) Article (9)

Article Type

  • (-) Personal Perspectives (9)
  • Article (2)

Topics

  • Animal Behavior (2)
  • At The Museum (4)
  • Books, Film & The Arts (12)
  • Census of Marine Life (3)
  • Conservation (1)
  • Coral Reefs (1)
  • Evolution (1)
  • Exploration (4)
  • Fish (5)
  • Genetics (1)
  • Get Involved (1)
  • Invertebrates (2)
  • Microbes (1)
  • Ocean Life (3)
  • Plankton (1)
  • Recreation (1)
  • Seabirds (1)
  • Sharks & Rays (2)
  • Solutions & Success Stories (1)
  • Technology (1)
  • Tides & Currents (1)
  • (-) Careers (7)
  • (-) Marine Mammals (1)
  • (-) Seafood (1)

Tags

  • (-) Citizens of the Sea (2)
  • (-) Photography (7)
  • Adaptations (2)
  • Algae (3)
  • Ancient sea life (7)
  • Antarctic (2)
  • Art (2)
  • Behind-the-scenes (2)
  • Brian Skerry (5)
  • Bycatch (2)
  • Climate Change (2)
  • Corals (5)
  • Crabs, Shrimp & Relatives (2)
  • Deep-sea corals (2)
  • Deepwater Horizon (3)
  • DNA barcoding (2)
  • Dolphins & Porpoises (2)
  • Education (2)
  • Feeding (3)
  • Fisheries (5)
  • Geologic periods (2)
  • Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (3)
  • Manatees & Dugongs (2)
  • Mangroves (2)
  • Marine Snow (2)
  • Medicine (2)
  • Migration (2)
  • National Museum of Natural History (11)
  • New discoveries (4)
  • News (2)
  • Oceanography (2)
  • Ocean Optimism (2)
  • Oil spills (3)
  • Protecting Spaces (2)
  • Reproduction (2)
  • Research vessels (6)
  • Restoring Habitats (2)
  • ROVs (3)
  • Runoff (3)
  • Salmon (2)
  • Scientists at work (19)
  • Scuba diving (4)
  • Seagrass (3)
  • Seals & Sea Lions (2)
  • Seaweed (2)
  • Sharks (2)
  • Smithsonian collections (2)
  • Smithsonian scientists (15)
  • Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (5)
  • Tagging (2)
  • Whales (12)
  • Women in Science (3)
  • Zooplankton (2)
One of several rowboats that were sunk in front of Lake Hotel at Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park in the early 20th century.
Personal Perspectives

Underwater Parks in 3-D

As I readied myself and my camera for a dive in Yellowstone Lake, the largest body...
January 2015
Brian Skerry sits on a 20 foot high underwater tripod to photograph the Aquarius Habitat off Florida.
Personal Perspectives

Portraits of Planet Ocean – Behind The Photographs

As an assignment photographer, I sometimes feel as though I am living in a vacuum,...
September 2013
Brian Skerry takes an up close photo of a tiger shark on the seafloor.
Personal Perspectives

Patience is a Virtue

As an underwater photographer, time in the field is the most valuable thing I can...
June 2012
A white crabeater seal resting on an iceberg.
Personal Perspectives

Life in the Field

To a photographer, all that matters is the image, the picture that results when the...
May 2012
A hermit crab looks out from its coral dwelling in the waters of Japan's Ogasawara Islands.
Personal Perspectives

The Perfect Underwater Photo

There is of course, no such thing as the perfect photograph, as there is no perfect...
December 2011
Caribbean reef sharks swim over a coral reef in the Bahamas.
Personal Perspectives

Swimming With Sharks

Lying in water only a foot deep, I watched the shark meander lazily through the...
October 2011
An adult and juvenile killer whale frolic in the water.
Personal Perspectives

Menopausal Moms: A Mammal Mystery

In honor of Mother's Day, the Citizens of the Sea blog salutes ocean-going mothers...
May 2011
Overfishing is leading to an abundance of less desirable species like jellyfish.
Personal Perspectives

Peanut Butter and Jellyfish

All over the world, people have been witnessing gigantic blooms of tens of...
November 2010
This copepod (Gaussia princeps) was collected deeper than 1000 meters in the Sargasso Sea by Census of Marine Zooplankton (CMarZ) researchers in April 2006.
Personal Perspectives

Five Questions with Russ Hopcroft, Zooplankton Whiz

Now that the Census of Marine Life is over, we’re checking in with some of its...
May 2014
  • Sort By Relevance
  • A-Z
  • Z-A
  • Newest
  • Oldest

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