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As Dampier studied the plants he encountered in Australia, he wrote that they were “for the most part unlike any I had seen elsewhere.” In fact, nearly all the plants Dampier observed were entirely unknown to botanists at that time.
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More Australian Plants

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The coastline of American Samoa National Marine Sanctuary
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American Samoa National Marine Sanctuary

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Fish spears and traps placed in rivers are traditional ways of catching salmon.
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Catching Salmon

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The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System consists of the largest barrier reef in the northern hemisphere, offshore atolls, and several hundred sand cays, mangrove forests, coastal lagoons, and estuaries. The system's seven sites illustrate the evolutionary h
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Charles Darwin's Ocean Upwelling

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An albatross soars over the ocean.
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Is It Love? Why Some Ocean Animals (Sort Of) Mate For Life

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Map depicting the archaeological excavation site at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada in 2009
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Archaeological Site Map of Hare Harbor

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Whalers hunted right whales for baleen, which was used in a variety of commercial products such as umbrellas and whips.
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Ad for Whale Baleen Umbrellas

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Walter Adey and the NMNH coral reef tank
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The Evolution of a Reef Aquarium

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a wood frame dries walrus hide
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Walrus Hide

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A 3D rendering of a man wearing a blue and white fish skin robe, standing on a boat in the ocean.
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3D Render of an Ainu Fisherman in a Fish Skin Robe

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The excavation site of an Inuit home in Hare Harbor, Quebec, Canada
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Excavation of an Inuit House

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A young visitor holds up his painted fish Gyotaku fish print at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
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Gyotaku Fish Print

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