Skip to main content
Smithsonian Institution
Other Languages 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

  • Photo (23)
  • Article (13)
  • Slideshow (5)
  • Lesson Plan (1)
  • Overview (1)
  • Video (1)

Article Type

  • Article (6)
  • Personal Perspectives (3)

Topics

  • Acidification (1)
  • Animal Behavior (12)
  • At The Museum (23)
  • Beaches (8)
  • Books, Film & The Arts (83)
  • Careers (15)
  • Census of Marine Life (5)
  • Climate Change (11)
  • Coasts & Shallow Water (15)
  • Conservation (5)
  • Coral Reefs (25)
  • Deep Sea (8)
  • Evolution (5)
  • Exploration (21)
  • Extinctions (2)
  • Extinctions (1)
  • Fish (40)
  • Fishing (22)
  • Food Web (8)
  • Genetics (5)
  • Get Involved (9)
  • Gulf Oil Spill (4)
  • Habitat Destruction (4)
  • History & Cultures (48)
  • Ice (5)
  • Images to Hide (3)
  • Invasive Species (2)
  • Invertebrates (57)
  • Mangroves (3)
  • Marine Mammals (29)
  • Microbes (5)
  • Ocean Life (15)
  • Planet Ocean (1)
  • Plankton (6)
  • Poles (12)
  • Pollution (22)
  • Recreation (5)
  • Seafood (9)
  • Sharks & Rays (51)
  • Shifting Baselines (2)
  • Solutions & Success Stories (18)
  • Technology (18)
  • Temperature & Chemistry (5)
  • The Anthropocene (5)
  • The Seafloor (2)
  • Through Time (2)
  • Tides & Currents (1)
  • Vents & Volcanoes (1)
  • (-) Ancient Seas (6)
  • (-) Human Connections (6)
  • (-) Plants & Algae (5)
  • (-) Reptiles (8)
  • (-) Seabirds (20)

Tags

  • (-) Native people (4)
  • (-) Ocean Trash (2)
  • (-) Photography (13)
  • (-) Polar bears (2)
  • (-) Reproduction (19)
  • (-) Sharks (6)
  • (-) Sustainable Seafood (2)
  • Adaptations (13)
  • Albatross (8)
  • Algae (36)
  • Algae blooms (10)
  • Ancient sea life (18)
  • Antarctic (4)
  • Apex predator (2)
  • Arctic (6)
  • Art (9)
  • Beaches (5)
  • Behind-the-scenes (2)
  • Biodiversity (10)
  • Brian Skerry (3)
  • Bycatch (8)
  • Chemistry (3)
  • Climate Change (9)
  • Communication (2)
  • Coral bleaching (2)
  • Corals (12)
  • Crabs, Shrimp & Relatives (6)
  • Crocodiles (3)
  • Deepwater Horizon (8)
  • Defenses (2)
  • DNA barcoding (3)
  • Dolphins & Porpoises (5)
  • Education (6)
  • Encyclopedia of Life (3)
  • Endangered species (21)
  • Feeding (21)
  • Fisheries (15)
  • Fossils (28)
  • Geologic periods (9)
  • Geology (6)
  • Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (2)
  • Harvesting Wisely (2)
  • Ice (3)
  • Jellyfish, Anemones & Relatives (2)
  • Larvae (2)
  • Manatees & Dugongs (3)
  • Mangroves (12)
  • Maps (5)
  • Maritime history (7)
  • Marshes (2)
  • Migration (8)
  • Mussels, Oysters & Relatives (10)
  • National Museum of Natural History (24)
  • Naturalist (4)
  • New discoveries (6)
  • News (5)
  • NOAA (13)
  • Ocean Optimism (11)
  • Oil spills (10)
  • Paleobiology (34)
  • Penguins (14)
  • Phytoplankton (5)
  • Predation (8)
  • Protecting Spaces (6)
  • Puffins (3)
  • Reducing Pollution (2)
  • Research vessels (2)
  • Restoring Habitats (9)
  • Runoff (4)
  • Saving Species (3)
  • Scientific illustrations (17)
  • Scientists at work (17)
  • Scuba diving (2)
  • Seagrass (12)
  • Seals & Sea Lions (6)
  • Sea turtles (59)
  • Seaweed (11)
  • Senses (3)
  • Shifting Baselines (3)
  • Smithsonian collections (7)
  • Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (4)
  • Smithsonian exhibits (9)
  • Smithsonian scientists (36)
  • Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (9)
  • Snails & Slugs (3)
  • Symbiosis (2)
  • Tagging (4)
  • Technology (13)
  • Under the microscope (10)
  • Vents & Volcanoes (2)
  • Wetlands (2)
  • Whales (30)
  • Women in Science (3)
Narwhals with their long unicorn-like tusks.
Article

Native Knowledge of the Narwhal

The narwhal is an elusive mammal. During the winter months they feed in the deep...
March 2020
an elephant seal with a tracker
Article

Citizens of the High Seas

In a world where land is partitioned into countries with defined borders, the ocean...
August 2019
A female napoleon wrasse swims by a reef
Article

An App Helps Scientists Combat Illegal Fish Trade

Relationships often begin with the locking of eyes. For Yvonne Sadovy, it was a...
September 2018
A shark tooth embedded in a bone
Article

What the Megalodon Left Behind

The largest shark ever to exist on this planet, Carcharocles megalodon, could grow...
July 2018
serrations from sharks on a fossilized whalebone
Photo

Bite Marks From the Past

The markings on this fossilized whalebone are from megalodon (Carcharodon...
A shark tooth embedded in a bone
Photo

A Tooth Left Behind

A Megalodon left behind a piece of itself when it bit into its prey. This is a...
A screenshot from the video showing illustration of penguins on ice.
video

Penguins: Popularity, Peril and Poop

Penguins are odd birds. For one, they cannot fly (but they are amazing swimmers),...
Fri, 08/11/2017 - 09:34
Fish swim in Cabo Pulmo Marine Reserve off the Baja California peninsula.
overview

How Laws Around the World Help Improve Ocean Health

Solving environmental problems often starts with small groups of people working to...
April 2018
Hawaiian monk seals are among the wildlife found within the Papahānaumokuākea World Heritage Site.
slideshow

Backbone of Biodiversity at Risk

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) maintains the...
Thu, 10/28/2010 - 19:01
Colorful fishes throng a reef in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
slideshow

Bizarre and Beautiful Coral Reef Animals

From parrotfish that cover themselves in a blanket of their own mucus to tiny pygmy...
Fri, 12/04/2009 - 14:05
Photograph of the model of a Giant Megatooth Shark, taken from the front..
slideshow

Shark Ancestors

Long before great white sharks appeared, much larger ancestors roamed the ocean....
Thu, 12/17/2009 - 17:55
Midway Atoll, where these photos were taken, is more than 2,000 miles from the nearest land.
slideshow

Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem

Laysan albatrosses (Phoebastria immutabilis) are incredible birds. They have a...
Fri, 05/10/2013 - 14:47

Pagination

  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Page 4
  • Next page Next
  • Last page Last
  • 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
  • Educators
  • About
  • Media Archive
  • Terms of Use

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