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Exploring Ocean Life with an Underwater Vehicle

Studies along the Northwest Atlantic Ocean shelf break- the transition from...

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Line W: A 10-Year Portrait of Our Planet

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's "Line W" program is conducting research...

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Taking the Ocean’s Temperature

A fleet of underwater floats called Argo is deployed at more than 3,000 spots...

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Sea Levels on the Move

Through the use of satellites and land survey tools, scientists are learning about...

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Ocean Acidification

Ocean acidification is sometimes called “climate change’s equally evil twin,”...

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Bioluminescence

You may have seen the sparkle of fireflies on a summer’s night. The fireflies...

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Bioluminescent Animals Photo Gallery

Bioluminescence is one of the more captivating adaptations that have evolved in...

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Creepy Critters: Marine Life Surfaces for Halloween

Claws, spines, spikes, tentacles, and fangs. Aliens, monsters, and ghostly...

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Mystery from the Deep: The Puzzling Case of the Whalefish

In 1895, two Smithsonian scientists described a new kind of deep sea creature,...

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Smithsonian Fish Collections

There are about 4 million specimens in the fish collection housed at the National...

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Tapetail

This fish’s tail looks like a long streamer. It lives near the ocean’s surface...

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Deep Lights

Students compare and contrast the various methods (chemiluminescence,...