Skip to main content
Smithsonian Institution
Language Search Smithsonian Ocean
Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Flickr Follow us on Tumbr
Donate

Smithsonian Ocean

Main Menu

  • Ocean Life
    • Marine Mammals
    • Sharks & Rays
    • Reptiles
    • Seabirds
    • Fish
    • Invertebrates
    • Plankton
    • Plants & Algae
    • Microbes
  • Ecosystems
    • Coral Reefs
    • Deep Sea
    • Coasts & Shallow Water
    • Poles
    • Census of Marine Life
  • Planet Ocean
    • Tides & Currents
    • Waves, Storms & Tsunamis
    • The Seafloor
    • Temperature & Chemistry
  • Through Time
    • Ancient Seas
    • Extinctions
    • Evolution
    • The Anthropocene
  • Conservation
    • Fishing
    • Pollution
    • Habitat Destruction
    • Invasive Species
    • Acidification
    • Climate Change
    • Gulf Oil Spill
    • Solutions & Success Stories
    • Get Involved
  • Human Connections
    • Books, Film & The Arts
    • Recreation
    • Seafood
    • Exploration
    • History & Cultures
    • Careers
  • At The Museum
  • Educators
Menu
Search

Search

Showing results for "All"
Filter

Content type

  • Article (6)
  • Video (6)
  • Lesson Plan (4)
  • Photo (3)
  • Overview (1)

Article Type

  • Article (2)
  • Personal Perspectives (2)

Topics

  • Ancient Seas (2)
  • At The Museum (7)
  • Beaches (1)
  • Careers (8)
  • Census of Marine Life (7)
  • Climate Change (15)
  • Coasts & Shallow Water (9)
  • Conservation (3)
  • Coral Reefs (3)
  • Deep Sea (6)
  • Evolution (1)
  • Exploration (14)
  • Extinctions (1)
  • Fish (6)
  • Fishing (3)
  • Genetics (1)
  • Get Involved (32)
  • Gulf Oil Spill (2)
  • Habitat Destruction (2)
  • History & Cultures (7)
  • Human Connections (5)
  • Images to Hide (1)
  • Invasive Species (3)
  • Invertebrates (49)
  • Mangroves (6)
  • Microbes (1)
  • Ocean Life (7)
  • Planet Ocean (2)
  • Plankton (5)
  • Plants & Algae (3)
  • Poles (6)
  • Pollution (14)
  • Sea Level (1)
  • Sights, Sounds & Games (1)
  • Solutions & Success Stories (2)
  • Technology (3)
  • Temperature & Chemistry (2)
  • The Anthropocene (1)
  • The Seafloor (2)
  • Waves, Storms & Tsunamis (4)
  • (-) Acidification (4)
  • (-) Food Web (7)
  • (-) Marine Mammals (4)
  • (-) Seafood (6)

Tags

  • Adaptations (8)
  • Albatross (3)
  • Algae (7)
  • Algae blooms (3)
  • Anatomy (3)
  • Ancient sea life (8)
  • Antarctic (9)
  • Apex predator (5)
  • Aquaculture (8)
  • Arctic (24)
  • Art (9)
  • Bacteria (2)
  • Behind-the-scenes (3)
  • Biodiversity (9)
  • Bioluminescence (2)
  • Books (2)
  • Brian Skerry (6)
  • Bycatch (18)
  • Camouflage (2)
  • Chemistry (2)
  • Citizens of the Sea (3)
  • Climate Change (11)
  • Competition (3)
  • Coral bleaching (5)
  • Corals (26)
  • Crabs, Shrimp & Relatives (7)
  • Deepwater Horizon (10)
  • DNA barcoding (5)
  • Dolphins & Porpoises (19)
  • Encyclopedia of Life (9)
  • Endangered species (52)
  • Feeding (24)
  • Fisheries (72)
  • Fossils (15)
  • Geologic periods (3)
  • Glaciers (2)
  • Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (6)
  • Ice (7)
  • Larvae (3)
  • Lectures (4)
  • Lionfish (2)
  • Manatees & Dugongs (4)
  • Mangroves (3)
  • Maps (2)
  • Maritime history (6)
  • Medicine (2)
  • Migration (10)
  • Mussels, Oysters & Relatives (5)
  • Native people (6)
  • New discoveries (4)
  • News (5)
  • NOAA (17)
  • Ocean Acidification (8)
  • Oceanography (2)
  • Ocean Optimism (5)
  • Ocean Trash (2)
  • Oil spills (10)
  • Open ocean (3)
  • Paleobiology (16)
  • Penguins (4)
  • Photography (5)
  • Phytoplankton (2)
  • Polar bears (13)
  • Predation (17)
  • Protecting Spaces (2)
  • Reproduction (11)
  • Research vessels (3)
  • Runoff (2)
  • Salmon (4)
  • Saving Species (2)
  • Scientific illustrations (3)
  • Scientists at work (25)
  • Seagrass (7)
  • Seals & Sea Lions (21)
  • Sea stars & Urchins (2)
  • Sea turtles (10)
  • Seaweed (2)
  • Senses (18)
  • Shark finning (2)
  • Sharks (6)
  • Shifting Baselines (3)
  • Skates and rays (3)
  • Smithsonian collections (7)
  • Smithsonian exhibits (7)
  • Smithsonian scientists (35)
  • Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (6)
  • Squids & Octopuses (2)
  • Sustainable Seafood (7)
  • Tagging (12)
  • Technology (15)
  • Tuna (5)
  • Under the microscope (5)
  • Vents & Volcanoes (2)
  • Viruses (2)
  • Walruses (4)
  • Whales (149)
  • Whaling (8)
  • Women in Science (2)
  • Zooplankton (7)
  • (-) Education (11)
  • (-) Jellyfish, Anemones & Relatives (7)
  • (-) Wetlands (2)
  • Sort By Relevance
  • A-Z
  • Z-A
  • Newest
  • Oldest
A screenshot from the video showing a small anemone through a microscope.
video

Anemone Feeding Time

Anemones are known for serving as homes for Nemo and countless other small fish and...
Fri, 05/19/2017 - 13:05
Screenshot from video showing a close-up image of a plankton.
video

The Secret Life of Plankton

Imagine if a fish at the market could tell you where it came from; what would it...
Fri, 08/25/2017 - 10:13
Chrysaora melanaster is a jellyfish found in the Arctic.
overview

Jellyfish and Comb Jellies

Jellyfish and comb jellies are gelatinous animals that drift through the ocean's...
April 2018
A bloom of moon jellies.
Photo

A Bloom of Moon Jellies

In recent years, blooms of jellyfish, such as these moon jellies (Aurita aurita) in...
Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
Lesson Plan

Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale Activity Book

This book is filled with activities about the humpback whales of the Hawaiian...
Tue, 11/24/2009 - 16:49
/themes/custom/a_clean_ocean
Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
Lesson Plan

Collision Course

Students analyze maps of shipping lanes and whale sightings to devise a new...
Tue, 11/24/2009 - 15:10
/themes/custom/a_clean_ocean
Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
Lesson Plan

Tale of a Whale

Students exercise their observation skills to do some of the actual work of marine...
Tue, 11/24/2009 - 15:03
/themes/custom/a_clean_ocean
Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
Lesson Plan

Fish and Kids

A package containing lessons, worksheets, and activities to teach young students...
Thu, 09/24/2009 - 17:55
/themes/custom/a_clean_ocean

Pagination

  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Next page Next
  • Last page Last

Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Ocean
Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Flickr Follow us on Tumbr
Contact Us

Explore

  • Ocean Life
  • Ecosystems
  • Planet Ocean
  • Through Time
  • Conservation
  • Human Connections
  • At The Museum
  • About
  • Media Archive
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Donate
  • Ocean Life
    • Marine Mammals
    • Sharks & Rays
    • Reptiles
    • Seabirds
    • Fish
    • Invertebrates
    • Plankton
    • Plants & Algae
    • Microbes
  • Ecosystems
    • Coral Reefs
    • Deep Sea
    • Coasts & Shallow Water
    • Poles
    • Census of Marine Life
  • Planet Ocean
    • Tides & Currents
    • Waves, Storms & Tsunamis
    • The Seafloor
    • Temperature & Chemistry
  • Through Time
    • Ancient Seas
    • Extinctions
    • Evolution
    • The Anthropocene
  • Conservation
    • Fishing
    • Pollution
    • Habitat Destruction
    • Invasive Species
    • Acidification
    • Climate Change
    • Gulf Oil Spill
    • Solutions & Success Stories
    • Get Involved
  • Human Connections
    • Books, Film & The Arts
    • Recreation
    • Seafood
    • Exploration
    • History & Cultures
    • Careers
  • At The Museum
  • Educators

Search Smithsonian Ocean