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Optimism in the Deep Sea - Connecting Corals, Museums, and Ocean Managers
The deep-sea is a treasure trove of resources. Diverse ecosystems cozy up next to...
June 2020
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Solidifying the Dolphin Family Tree
With their cartoon-smile faces and intelligent interactions, dolphins have become...
December 2019
Young Voices
Trials and Tribulations with Contamination
My internship at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History started off...
November 2017
Personal Perspectives
Ocean Sampling Day – Taking the Pulse of the World’s Oceans
If you are a bird watcher you have probably heard of the Christmas Bird Count. The...
June 2014
Personal Perspectives
Whale fossils on the mainland, and into a CT scanner
After a few long days of hard work on the island, we were finally able to excavate...
May 2012
Personal Perspectives
Teens Making a Difference in Your Community
Over the past year I have been working for an organization called Coastal America...
April 2011
Personal Perspectives
Seafood for Thought
Sunday, November 21 marks World Fisheries Day, an annual occasion observed in many...
November 2010
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Animals and the Oil Spill: What Can You Do?
Lately we’ve been fielding questions from Smithsonian visitors wondering how they...
June 2010
A Microscopic Identity Crisis
Using DNA to identify larval species in the Gulf Stream Unseen by the human eye,...
August 2017
Three Ways You Can Use Genomics to Study Oil Spill Impacts
You’ve probably heard of genetics—you can now swab your mouth and use DNA to...
January 2016
World Oceans Day 2012
Here at the Ocean Portal, we celebrate the ocean every day. But one day a year...
May 2012
The Sant Ocean Hall: Life at the Poles Exhibit
Most of you know that the Earth’s poles are cold. But did you know that there are...
September 2011