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

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

Article Type

  • Article (7)
  • Personal Perspectives (7)

Topics

  • Acidification (7)
  • Ancient Seas (6)
  • At The Museum (30)
  • Beaches (6)
  • Books, Film & The Arts (90)
  • Careers (14)
  • Census of Marine Life (15)
  • Climate Change (4)
  • Coasts & Shallow Water (18)
  • Conservation (7)
  • Coral Reefs (47)
  • Deep Sea (31)
  • Evolution (9)
  • Exploration (44)
  • Extinctions (4)
  • Fish (47)
  • Fishing (13)
  • Food Web (5)
  • Genetics (6)
  • Get Involved (2)
  • Gulf Oil Spill (3)
  • Habitat Destruction (8)
  • History & Cultures (83)
  • Human Connections (7)
  • Ice (1)
  • Images to Hide (13)
  • Invasive Species (8)
  • Invertebrates (91)
  • Mangroves (9)
  • Marine Mammals (29)
  • Microbes (8)
  • Ocean Life (22)
  • Planet Ocean (3)
  • Plankton (18)
  • Plants & Algae (39)
  • Poles (6)
  • Pollution (10)
  • Recreation (9)
  • Seabirds (7)
  • Seafood (5)
  • Sharks & Rays (20)
  • Shifting Baselines (7)
  • Sights, Sounds & Games (2)
  • Solutions & Success Stories (18)
  • Temperature & Chemistry (4)
  • The Anthropocene (6)
  • The Seafloor (26)
  • Tides & Currents (6)
  • Vents & Volcanoes (15)
  • Waves, Storms & Tsunamis (4)
  • (-) Animal Behavior (8)
  • (-) Reptiles (11)
  • (-) Technology (30)

Tags

  • (-) Algae (4)
  • (-) Biodiversity (17)
  • (-) Citizens of the Sea (2)
  • (-) Maritime history (6)
  • (-) Photography (11)
  • (-) Senses (6)
  • (-) Vents & Volcanoes (3)
  • Adaptations (7)
  • Algae blooms (2)
  • Anatomy (3)
  • Antarctic (2)
  • Arctic (12)
  • AUVs (4)
  • Beaches (6)
  • Bioluminescence (3)
  • Bycatch (5)
  • Climate Change (4)
  • Competition (3)
  • Coral bleaching (2)
  • Corals (22)
  • Crabs, Shrimp & Relatives (13)
  • Crocodiles (3)
  • Currents (7)
  • Deep-sea corals (2)
  • Deepwater Horizon (14)
  • Defenses (7)
  • DNA barcoding (7)
  • Dolphins & Porpoises (4)
  • Earthquakes (3)
  • Education (2)
  • Endangered species (15)
  • Feeding (7)
  • Films (2)
  • Fisheries (5)
  • Geology (6)
  • Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (16)
  • Ice (4)
  • Intelligence (2)
  • Maps (6)
  • Medicine (8)
  • Migration (6)
  • Mussels, Oysters & Relatives (2)
  • National Museum of Natural History (12)
  • New discoveries (3)
  • NOAA (25)
  • Oceanography (8)
  • Ocean Optimism (5)
  • Oil spills (20)
  • Predation (4)
  • Protecting Spaces (3)
  • Reproduction (13)
  • Restoring Habitats (4)
  • ROVs (22)
  • Scientific illustrations (2)
  • Scientists at work (37)
  • Scuba diving (10)
  • Seagrass (2)
  • Seals & Sea Lions (4)
  • Seamounts (3)
  • Sea turtles (57)
  • Seaweed (3)
  • Sharks (3)
  • Shipwrecks (3)
  • Skates and rays (2)
  • Smithsonian collections (4)
  • Smithsonian exhibits (9)
  • Smithsonian Marine Station at Ft. Pierce (2)
  • Smithsonian scientists (25)
  • Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (7)
  • Sponges (6)
  • Squids & Octopuses (7)
  • Tagging (11)
  • Technology (63)
  • Tides (2)
  • Under the microscope (9)
  • Whales (15)
  • Women in Science (4)
  • Zooplankton (5)
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
a medicine bottle with an image of the ocean
video

Medicines from the Sea

You may not think of the ocean as a pharmacy but scientists are developing exciting...
Fri, 01/14/2011 - 11:08
the titanic underwater
video

The Titanic Wrecksite

On her maiden voyage the Royal Mail Ship Titanic struck an iceberg in the North...
Tue, 04/13/2010 - 11:49
A view of the island of Moorea.
video

The Moorea Biocode Project

Scientists on the tiny island of Moorea, in the Pacific, are gathering one of every...
Wed, 11/11/2009 - 16:48
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
Hagfish Slime Thread
Photo

Spin Hagfish Slime into Silk

Believe it or not, this unraveling thread is from hagfish slime. Hagfish are...
Red Algae
Photo

Branching Red Algae

Under the microscope, you can peer inside the cells of this filamentous red algae....
Deep-sea Copepod Head
Photo

Deep-sea Copepod Gets a Close-up

This female deep-sea copepod (Pontostratiotes sp.) was collected in the...

Pagination

  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Page 4
  • 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