Breadcrumb Home Search Showing results for Language Content type Article (42) Photo (40) Slideshow (14) Overview (8) Video (7) Audio (5) Lesson Plan (2) Article Type Article (27) Personal Perspectives (10) Topics (-) Invertebrates (118) Deep Sea (27) At The Museum (20) Exploration (15) Coral Reefs (11) Fish (11) Books, Film & The Arts (6) Careers (6) Census of Marine Life (6) Evolution (6) Climate Change (5) The Seafloor (5) Food Web (4) Genetics (4) Gulf Oil Spill (4) History & Cultures (4) Invasive Species (4) Marine Mammals (4) Ocean Life (4) Plankton (4) Poles (4) Acidification (3) Animal Behavior (3) Coasts & Shallow Water (3) Pollution (2) Seabirds (2) Sharks & Rays (2) Vents & Volcanoes (2) Ancient Seas (1) Beaches (1) Ecosystems (1) Extinctions (1) Fishing (1) Microbes (1) Plants & Algae (1) Seafood (1) Solutions & Success Stories (1) Temperature & Chemistry (1) The Anthropocene (1) Tags Smithsonian scientists (26) Corals (18) New discoveries (18) National Museum of Natural History (16) Squids & Octopuses (16) Biodiversity (14) Crabs, Shrimp & Relatives (12) NOAA (10) Adaptations (9) Scientists at work (8) Sea stars & Urchins (8) Feeding (7) Jellyfish, Anemones & Relatives (7) Mussels, Oysters & Relatives (7) Bioluminescence (6) Encyclopedia of Life (6) Reproduction (6) Technology (6) Coral bleaching (5) Deep-sea corals (5) Smithsonian collections (5) Sponges (5) Zooplankton (5) Defenses (4) Medicine (4) Snails & Slugs (4) Worms (4) Arctic (3) Brian Skerry (3) Climate Change (3) Fisheries (3) Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (3) Scientific illustrations (3) Seahorses (3) Seamounts (3) Whales (3) Albatross (2) Art (2) Deepwater Horizon (2) Oil spills (2) Photography (2) Predation (2) Research vessels (2) Restoring Habitats (2) ROVs (2) Seagrass (2) Senses (2) Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (2) Smithsonian exhibits (2) Smithsonian Marine Station at Ft. Pierce (2) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (2) Symbiosis (2) Under the microscope (2) Vents & Volcanoes (2) Site Search Sort by RelevanceTitle SortAuthored on Order AscDesc Sort By RelevanceA-ZZ-ANewestOldest Article A Brittle Star May Be a Coral’s Best Friend August 2017 Read the Full Article Slideshow From Mermen to Architeuthis, Our Fascination with the Giant Squid December 2009 See the Full Slideshow Article Is It Love? Why Some Ocean Animals (Sort Of) Mate For Life February 2015 Read the Full Article Slideshow Celebrating Marine Moms April 2013 See the Full Slideshow Overview Sea Stars, Urchins, and Relatives February 2022 Read the Full Overview Article Sickly Starfish: A Q&A with Dr. Chris Mah December 2013 Read the Full Article Slideshow The Hyper Eyes of Hyperiids: How Some Shrimp-Like Creatures See Light in the Deep Sea August 2014 See the Full Slideshow Slideshow A Collage of Nudibranch Colors January 2014 See the Full Slideshow Slideshow Biodiversity in the Baltic Sea October 2011 See the Full Slideshow Slideshow Creepy Critters: Marine Life Surfaces for Halloween October 2010 See the Full Slideshow Pagination Previous page Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Current page 10