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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

One of several rowboats that were sunk in front of Lake Hotel at Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park in the early 20th century.

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Underwater Parks in 3-D

As I readied myself and my camera for a dive in Yellowstone Lake, the largest body...

January 2015

"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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History and Modern Science Collide for the 38th Voyage of the Charles W. Morgan

Traveling aboard the Charles W. Morgan, a 173-year-old whaling ship on its 38th...

July 2014

A dredge from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can be seen removing a sandbar off of Virginia Beach, VA.

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Diving into the Sandstorm

Diving can be a wild ride that evokes more than a little trepidation, especially in...

December 2013

In 2011, storms and lack of ice-cover due to a warmer winter climate resulted in hundreds of seal pups being washed up on the shore of Prince Edward Island. Like many, this young seal faced an uncertain future. See more Nature's Best Photos.

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Ice-Loving Seals and the Loss of Sea Ice

The threat that climate change poses to polar bears has received a lot of...

September 2013

A humpback whale breaching in Antarctic waters.

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Humpback Whales in Antarctica: What Are the Whales Doing?

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaengliae) are the most abundant baleen whale in the...

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

These zooplankton collected on a research cruise include a jellyfish, a lanternfish, a snipe eel, two large orange shrimp, a fuzzy pyrosome (which is bioluminescent), and several smaller animals.

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One Fish, Two Fish: Estimating Undiscovered Species

My father once told me that the world is divided into two kinds of people: those...

December 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

A researcher holds an arm bone from a "toothed" mysticete whale from Vancouver Island.

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Dispatches from the Field: Treacherous stream crossings and a new fossil find

We departed from Port Renfrew on Tuesday morning on the Michelle Diana, a boat...

May 2012

Nick Pyenson points to a skull and skeleton of a fossil whale.

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Excavating a "toothed" baleen whale from Vancouver Island

The whales that we see in today's world can broadly be split into two groups: those...

May 2012

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Sequencing at Sea: Studying Small Things Using Big Equipment

History and Modern Science Collide for the 38th Voyage of the Charles W. Morgan

Diving into the Sandstorm

Ice-Loving Seals and the Loss of Sea Ice

Humpback Whales in Antarctica: What Are the Whales Doing?

Reflections on the Successful Search for the Giant Squid

One Fish, Two Fish: Estimating Undiscovered Species

Whale fossils on the mainland, and into a CT scanner

Dispatches from the Field: Treacherous stream crossings and a new fossil find

Excavating a "toothed" baleen whale from Vancouver Island

Smithsonian Ocean

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Keeping Exploration Alive With Manned Submersibles

Underwater Parks in 3-D

Sequencing at Sea: Studying Small Things Using Big Equipment

History and Modern Science Collide for the 38th Voyage of the Charles W. Morgan

Diving into the Sandstorm

Ice-Loving Seals and the Loss of Sea Ice

Humpback Whales in Antarctica: What Are the Whales Doing?

Reflections on the Successful Search for the Giant Squid

One Fish, Two Fish: Estimating Undiscovered Species

Whale fossils on the mainland, and into a CT scanner

Dispatches from the Field: Treacherous stream crossings and a new fossil find

Excavating a "toothed" baleen whale from Vancouver Island

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