Search

Showing results for

Language

Content type

Article Type

Topics

Tags

two humpback whales from above
Article

Protecting the High Seas to Safeguard Migratory Marine Species

Read the Full Article
The National Museum of Natural History's Department of Invertebrate Zoology has developed an online map that provides information about invertebrates in the National Collection from areas impacted by the oil spill.
Photo

Google map of invertebrates in oil spill region

View Image
A map of NOAA's 13 marine protected areas
Article

The Marine Sanctuary: A Safe Harbor for Ocean Life

Read the Full Article
pancakes of ice cover the ocean
Article

Winter Under the Waves

Read the Full Article
Giant Pacific Manta Ray, Roca Partida Sea Mount, Revillagigedos Islands, Mexico
Photo

Giant Pacific Manta Ray, Revillagigedos Islands, Mexico

View Image
A photo of a tern's silhouette against an orange sky.
Photo

Common Tern Silhouette, Nickerson Beach, Long Island, New York, USA

View Image
The Komodo National Park site in Indonesia was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1991. The site hosts "Komodo dragons" (Varanus komodoensis), a unique species that exists nowhere else in the world and is of great interest to scientists studying evolu
Photo

Komodo National Park, Indonesia

View Image
The Sian Ka'an site in Mexico was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1987. The site's name means "Origin of the Sky" in Mayan and contains tropical forests, mangroves, and marshes, as well as a large marine area intersected by the Caribbean Barrier Re
Photo

Sian Ka'an, Mexico

View Image
A large, black instrument is hauled onto a ship's deck by researchers wearing hard hats and life vests.
Article

What the Big Picture Can Teach Us About Tiny Ocean Creatures

Read the Full Article
Spinner dolphins in a small inlet off the Kona coast, Hawaii.
Article

Solidifying the Dolphin Family Tree

Read the Full Article
Harbor seal in a kelp forest near Cortes Bank, near San Diego California.
Slideshow

Underwater Photography Contest from University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School

See the Full Slideshow
Chris Mah, Research Collaborator, Invertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Photo

NMNH Research Collaborator Chris Mah

View Image