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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

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

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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

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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 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

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

Two scientists peer out into the ocean from inside the Curasub, a 5-person submersible

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Diving for Crabs in the Deep Sea

Last week, Smithsonian research zoologists Dr. Jerry Harasewych and Dr. Martha...

July 2011

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

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

Reflections on the Successful Search for the Giant Squid

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

Whale fossils on the mainland, and into a CT scanner

Diving for Crabs in the Deep Sea

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Keeping Exploration Alive With Manned Submersibles

Underwater Parks in 3-D

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

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

Reflections on the Successful Search for the Giant Squid

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

Whale fossils on the mainland, and into a CT scanner

Diving for Crabs in the Deep Sea

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