overview

Deep-sea Corals

It may be the last place you’d expect to find corals—up to 6,000 m (20,000 ft)...

slideshow

Mangroves: Photos of Plants and Animals

Mangrove is the name for a tree—and also for a complex ecosystem—that bridges...

Photo

A School of Hawaiian Squirrelfish

Check out the eyes on these Hawaiian squirrelfish (Sargocentron xantherythrum)!...

Photo

Mandarinfish Duo

These beautiful mandarinfish (Synchiropus splendidus) are covered in bright blue,...

Photo

Water is Rising: Pacific Islands, Art, and Climate Change

"This World of Ours, Does not feel steady, We keep rotating, Oi! What will happen...

Photo

Avoid Coral Jewelry

When you are shopping for gifts and jewelry, steer clear of gifts that use real...

Lesson Plan

Coral Adaptations Inquiry Lab

Students will be able design physical structures to build a coral that is adapted...

Lesson Plan

Coral Adaptations

In this two-part lesson, students will compare and contrast the adaptive strategies...

Personal Perspectives

Up Close and Personal with a Mangrove Root

I got a lot of funny looks at the airport when I opened the oversized cooler for...

Personal Perspectives

Spirals in Time: A Walk at the Seashore

When I set out to write a book about mollusks (called Spirals in Time), I wasn't...

video

From Despair to Repair

Sit down with two veteran marine scientists, Dr. Nancy Knowlton and Dr. Jeremy...

Article

Where the Shark and the Snapper Roam

The pre-industrial American landscape was once rightly described as a place where...