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The Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structure was developed to help scientists study coral reef diversity and have now been adopted broadly to study diversity around the world.
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Uncovering Biodiversity… with ARMS and a Submarine Claw

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a part human, part horse, part fish on an early atlas
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Mythical Creatures on Maps

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In Egypt, Dr. Jean-Daniel Stanley of the Smithsonian studies submerged ancient settlements.
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Underwater Archaeology

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On Moorea, an island in French Polynesia, researchers are striving to complete a biocode—a DNA catalog of every life form big enough to pick up with tweezers.
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The Island of Moorea

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Alvin, a human occupied vehicle (HOV), returns to the ship after a dive.
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From Submarines to Robots: Exploring the Deep Ocean

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The Smithsonian's Dr. Carole Baldwin uses a wall diagram that shows genetic lineages among Starksia blennies (a type of reef fish) to explain how the seven new species differ from previously known species.
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Wall Chart of New Fish Species

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These zooplankton collected on a research cruise include a jellyfish, a lanternfish, a snipe eel, two large orange shrimp, a fuzzy pyrosome (which is bioluminescent), and several smaller animals.
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Counting the Ocean's Diversity

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A blenny fish against both a white and black backdrop, where you can see its beautiful color pattern.
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A New Fish DROP-ping In

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Map of sites participating in Ocean Sampling Day 2014.
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Ocean Sampling Day Sites

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A mosaic of photos from underwater live stream cameras.
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Get Your Ocean Fix From Home

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The ultra-black Pacific blackdragon forms a circular shape with its body.
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Scientists Find First Ultra-Black Color in Deep-Sea Fishes

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"Barely a room onboard escaped being turned into a part of the sequencing laboratory," wrote Rob Edwards in a blog post about doing genomic sequencing at sea.
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Sequencing at Sea: Studying Small Things Using Big Equipment

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