Skip to main content
Smithsonian Institution
Other Languages 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

Showing results for "All"
Filter

Content type

  • (-) Article (14)
  • (-) Slideshow (4)
  • Photo (23)
  • Video (4)
  • Audio (1)

Article Type

  • Article (7)
  • Personal Perspectives (7)

Topics

  • Acidification (3)
  • Ancient Seas (4)
  • At The Museum (21)
  • Beaches (3)
  • Books, Film & The Arts (32)
  • Careers (12)
  • Census of Marine Life (7)
  • Climate Change (3)
  • Coasts & Shallow Water (11)
  • Conservation (4)
  • Coral Reefs (18)
  • Deep Sea (8)
  • Evolution (8)
  • Exploration (23)
  • Extinctions (3)
  • Fishing (8)
  • Food Web (2)
  • Genetics (3)
  • Get Involved (2)
  • Gulf Oil Spill (3)
  • Habitat Destruction (3)
  • History & Cultures (17)
  • Human Connections (3)
  • Invasive Species (3)
  • Invertebrates (22)
  • Marine Mammals (12)
  • Microbes (3)
  • Ocean Life (13)
  • Planet Ocean (3)
  • Plankton (7)
  • Plants & Algae (15)
  • Poles (3)
  • Pollution (5)
  • Recreation (4)
  • Seabirds (2)
  • Seafood (4)
  • Sharks & Rays (9)
  • Shifting Baselines (3)
  • Sights, Sounds & Games (2)
  • Solutions & Success Stories (12)
  • Temperature & Chemistry (3)
  • The Anthropocene (4)
  • The Seafloor (9)
  • Tides & Currents (4)
  • Vents & Volcanoes (4)
  • Waves, Storms & Tsunamis (1)
  • (-) Animal Behavior (7)
  • (-) Reptiles (2)
  • (-) Technology (11)

Tags

  • (-) Algae (2)
  • (-) Biodiversity (7)
  • (-) Citizens of the Sea (2)
  • (-) Photography (3)
  • (-) Senses (4)
  • Adaptations (4)
  • Anatomy (2)
  • Arctic (2)
  • AUVs (2)
  • Beaches (5)
  • Climate Change (2)
  • Competition (2)
  • Corals (6)
  • Crabs, Shrimp & Relatives (10)
  • Currents (4)
  • Deepwater Horizon (9)
  • Defenses (3)
  • DNA barcoding (4)
  • Dolphins & Porpoises (3)
  • Endangered species (7)
  • Feeding (2)
  • Fisheries (2)
  • Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (9)
  • Ice (2)
  • Medicine (2)
  • Migration (4)
  • National Museum of Natural History (12)
  • New discoveries (3)
  • NOAA (4)
  • Oceanography (3)
  • Ocean Optimism (5)
  • Oil spills (10)
  • Predation (2)
  • Protecting Spaces (2)
  • Reproduction (10)
  • Research vessels (10)
  • Restoring Habitats (4)
  • ROVs (4)
  • Scientists at work (9)
  • Scuba diving (3)
  • Seals & Sea Lions (4)
  • Sea turtles (9)
  • Sharks (3)
  • Skates and rays (2)
  • Smithsonian collections (2)
  • Smithsonian exhibits (2)
  • Smithsonian Marine Station at Ft. Pierce (2)
  • Smithsonian scientists (15)
  • Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (5)
  • Squids & Octopuses (3)
  • Tagging (5)
  • Technology (36)
  • Under the microscope (4)
  • Whales (12)
  • Women in Science (4)
  • Zooplankton (4)
The Komodo National Park site in Indonesia was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1991. The site hosts "Komodo dragons" (Varanus komodoensis), a unique species that exists nowhere else in the world and is of great interest to scientists studying evolu
Article

Tunicates—Not So Spineless Invertebrates

There are thousands of marine invertebrate animals in the ocean, from small to...
June 2018
A submersible explores the deep reefs off of Curacao in the Caribbean.
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
Hawaiian monk seals are among the wildlife found within the Papahānaumokuākea World Heritage Site.
slideshow

Backbone of Biodiversity at Risk

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) maintains the...
Thu, 10/28/2010 - 19:01
Colorful fishes throng a reef in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
slideshow

Bizarre and Beautiful Coral Reef Animals

From parrotfish that cover themselves in a blanket of their own mucus to tiny pygmy...
Fri, 12/04/2009 - 14:05
A spiraled diatom with spines.
slideshow

The Ocean Under the Microscope: Images from Nikon Small World

The ocean is so big that it can be easy to forget the microscopic beauty of the...
Wed, 04/30/2014 - 10:34
Small red hyperiid.
slideshow

The Hyper Eyes of Hyperiids: How Some Shrimp-Like Creatures See Light in the Deep Sea

Hyperiid amphipods are small crustaceans related to sand fleas and distantly...
Tue, 08/19/2014 - 10:47
A "reef hotel" made of PVS layers on the seafloor.
Article

Worth the Investment: Ocean Real Estate Reveals Hidden Diversity

Good real estate is hard to find. This is as true underwater as it is on land. So...
February 2015
One of several rowboats that were sunk in front of Lake Hotel at Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park in the early 20th century.
Personal Perspectives

Underwater Parks in 3-D

As I readied myself and my camera for a dive in Yellowstone Lake, the largest body...
January 2015
The Charles W. Morgan tallship
Personal Perspectives

History and Modern Science Collide for the 38th Voyage of the Charles W. Morgan

Traveling aboard the Charles W. Morgan, a 173-year-old whaling ship on its 38th...
July 2014
Scripps Institution of Oceanography's FLoating Instrument Platform, or FLIP, conducts sea trials off San Diego in May 2009.
Article

Happy 50th Birthday, FLIP – a Mobile Research Island

Ships are well-known for their tiny rooms and tight quarters. But have you heard of...
July 2012
Relatively slow moving, juvenile plane-head filefish Monacanthus hispidus (Monacanthidae) travel along with the algae. They pick off and eat small animals as they move around in the rotating sargassum ball. Adult filefish only grow to be about 11
Personal Perspectives

A World Adrift: Life in the Sargassum

The open ocean is surprisingly barren to the naked eye. Every now and again you...
May 2012
A photo of a sea toad specimen.
Personal Perspectives

A Sub and a Sea Toad

Have you ever seen a creature so unusual?  This fish (22 cm long) is called a...
July 2011

Pagination

  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Next page Next
  • Last page Last
  • Sort By Relevance
  • A-Z
  • Z-A
  • Newest
  • Oldest

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
  • Educators
  • About
  • Media Archive
  • Terms of Use

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