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Aegina, a type of jellyfish, swims through the water.
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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
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 squid
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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
Fossil mosasaur skull and partial skeleton sitting in what looks like the dirt it was excavated from.
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
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
A researcher leans off of a boat to tag a great white shark.
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Collaborator Research

Recent Antarctic expeditions, underwater volcano monitoring, studies of...
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 10:02
Smithsonian researchers eat a meal in preparation for a fossil excavation
slideshow

A Squalodontid Success

On a beach in Piña, Panama the tide is rolling out. Faint outlines of skeletal...
Wed, 06/22/2011 - 17:47
Walter Adey and the NMNH coral reef tank
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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
A submersible explores the deep reefs off of Curacao in the Caribbean.
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
Two new species of sea stars were discovered in the deep sea: Paulasterias tyleri (on the left) in a North Pacific hydrothermal vent community, and Paulasterias mcclaini (on the right) in the deep sea off the coast of Antarctica.
Personal Perspectives

The Discovery of Two Extreme Sea Stars

Recently, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History researcher Chris Mah and...
May 2015
A diver collects water samples.
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
The elusive giant squid
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

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