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Bright bubblegum coral sits on a brown, hard substrate.
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Optimism in the Deep Sea - Connecting Corals, Museums, and Ocean Managers

The deep-sea is a treasure trove of resources. Diverse ecosystems cozy up next to...
June 2020
A translucent hyperiid on a black background with orange stripes along its head.
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Many Eyes, Many Perspectives: The Astonishing Visual Systems of Hyperiids

In any given scoop of seawater, you will find an assortment of tiny critters called...
January 2020
A submersible explores the deep reefs off of Curacao in the Caribbean.
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A New Ocean Zone Described with the Help of a Submersible

Beneath vibrant coral reefs, but above the lightless depths of the sea, lies the...
June 2018
Seagrasses are flowering plants that can form dense underwater meadows and are an important shallow water habitat.
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Seagrass and Seagrass Beds

Seagrasses are found in shallow salty and brackish waters in many parts of the...
April 2018
Rusticles on the HMS Titanic cover the hanging stern.
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Bacteria Live in the Titanic Wreck

The Titanic's sinking around 100 years ago created a new underwater habitat for...
Yolanda Villacampa, Museum Specialist - Invertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
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NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Museum Specialist Yolanda Villacampa

Yolanda Villacampa is a museum specialist in the invertebrate zoology department of...
This map shows the localities represented by the Gulf of Mexico collection of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History.
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Map of Gulf of Mexico Collection

This map shows the localities represented by the Gulf of Mexico collection of the...
Ruth Meadows holds a Chimaera, a strange looking distant relative of the shark.
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NOAA Teacher at Sea Ruth Meadows

A teacher from Opelika Middle School in Alabama becomes part of a scientific team...
Algae has overtaken this coral reef off heavily populated Kiritimati, or Christmas Island.
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Unhealthy Coral Reef, Kiritimi, Line Islands

Algae has overtaken this coral reef off heavily populated Kiritimati, or Christmas...
A few corals are part of this small sampling of the approximately 35 million specimens represented in the invertebrate zoology collection housed at the National Museum of Natural History.
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Specimens from the Smithsonian Invertebrate Zoology Collection

Within the Department of Invertebrate Zoology, scientists conduct original research...
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
A screenshot of some of Smithsonian's marine story windows in Google Earth
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Smithsonian Marine Collections on Google Earth

Dive into the Gulf of Mexico without getting wet! The Smithsonian has recently...

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