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A Look at Life in the Deep Sea
These are just some of the animals that live in the deep ocean or in the midwater,...
Mon, 07/06/2020 - 11:38
Article
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
Article
Meet the Only Squid that Willfully Lops off its Arms
Lopping off one’s arm sounds like a harrowing experience, but for one deep-sea...
August 2019
Article
If You Build An Ocean, Sea Monsters Will Come
Building a productive ocean is complicated. The process is long (on the order of...
October 2018
Article
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
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Collaborator Research
Recent Antarctic expeditions, underwater volcano monitoring, studies of...
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 10:02
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A Squalodontid Success
On a beach in Piña, Panama the tide is rolling out. Faint outlines of skeletal...
Wed, 06/22/2011 - 17:47
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The Evolution of a Reef Aquarium
In the late 1970s, Walter Adey, a paleobiologist and coral reef researcher at the...
October 2017
Personal Perspectives
Keeping Exploration Alive With Manned Submersibles
The Ocean Portal was lucky enough to join the Deep Reef Observation Project team in...
October 2015
Personal Perspectives
The Discovery of Two Extreme Sea Stars
Recently, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History researcher Chris Mah and...
May 2015
Personal Perspectives
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
Personal Perspectives
Reflections on the Successful Search for the Giant Squid
I have been at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History since...
January 2013