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 (3)
  • (-) Audio (2)
  • Photo (6)
  • Slideshow (1)
  • Video (1)

Article Type

  • Article (3)

Topics

  • Acidification (2)
  • Ancient Seas (4)
  • Animal Behavior (2)
  • At The Museum (17)
  • Careers (8)
  • Census of Marine Life (2)
  • Climate Change (7)
  • Coasts & Shallow Water (7)
  • Conservation (1)
  • Coral Reefs (4)
  • Deep Sea (4)
  • Ecosystems (1)
  • Evolution (3)
  • Exploration (8)
  • Extinctions (2)
  • Fishing (2)
  • Genetics (4)
  • Get Involved (14)
  • Gulf Oil Spill (1)
  • Habitat Destruction (2)
  • History & Cultures (7)
  • Human Connections (1)
  • Ice (8)
  • Invasive Species (1)
  • Invertebrates (11)
  • Mangroves (2)
  • Marine Mammals (13)
  • Microbes (2)
  • Planet Ocean (1)
  • Plankton (2)
  • Plants & Algae (1)
  • Poles (13)
  • Recreation (2)
  • Reptiles (1)
  • Seabirds (1)
  • Seafood (2)
  • Shifting Baselines (1)
  • Sights, Sounds & Games (1)
  • Solutions & Success Stories (1)
  • Technology (3)
  • Temperature & Chemistry (8)
  • The Anthropocene (2)
  • Through Time (1)
  • Waves, Storms & Tsunamis (2)
  • (-) Sharks & Rays (3)
  • (-) The Seafloor (2)

Tags

  • (-) Arctic (2)
  • (-) Encyclopedia of Life (2)
  • Adaptations (4)
  • Ancient sea life (2)
  • Apex predator (2)
  • Biodiversity (2)
  • Bycatch (3)
  • Citizens of the Sea (2)
  • Climate Change (3)
  • Corals (2)
  • Deep-sea corals (2)
  • Endangered species (2)
  • Feeding (2)
  • Films (2)
  • Fisheries (5)
  • Fossils (2)
  • Geology (5)
  • Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (2)
  • Maps (2)
  • National Museum of Natural History (2)
  • Oceanography (2)
  • Ocean Optimism (2)
  • Oil spills (3)
  • Predation (4)
  • Protecting Spaces (2)
  • Reproduction (2)
  • Saving Species (2)
  • Scientists at work (5)
  • Scuba diving (2)
  • Sea level (2)
  • Sea stars & Urchins (2)
  • Sea turtles (2)
  • Senses (3)
  • Shark finning (7)
  • Sharks (21)
  • Skates and rays (4)
  • Smithsonian scientists (9)
  • Tagging (2)
  • Technology (3)
  • Vents & Volcanoes (9)
  • Whales (4)
  • Women in Science (3)
A shark tooth embedded in a bone
Article

What the Megalodon Left Behind

The largest shark ever to exist on this planet, Carcharocles megalodon, could grow...
July 2018
Greenland Shark in cold water
Article

In the Eyes of One Shark, Age is Nothing to Fear

In the freezing waters of the Arctic a toothed leviathan – the Greenland shark -...
August 2016
a colored shakemap from the M5.8 Virginia Earthquake depicts the shake range and epicenter of the earthquake
Article

A Guide to Earthquake Lesson Plans

It isn’t everyday that a magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes the East Coast of the...
August 2011
Red and white riftia worms living in a deep-sea vent.
audio

Riftia Worms: One Species at a Time

In this episode of the Podcast of Life, host Ari Daniel Shapiro dives deep to...
Mon, 06/14/2010 - 16:31
An episode of the Encyclopedia of Life's "One Species at a Time" podcast focused on the Greenland shark.
audio

Greenland Shark: One Species at a Time

Scientists know the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) moves slowly in the...
Tue, 08/12/2014 - 08:35
  • 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