Search

Showing results for

Content type

Article Type

Topics

Tags

Brian Skerry takes an up close photo of a tiger shark on the seafloor.
Article

Patience is a Virtue

Read the Full Article
Two scientists peer out into the ocean from inside the Curasub, a 5-person submersible
Article

Diving for Crabs in the Deep Sea

Read the Full Article
Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
Lesson Plan

Tale of a Whale

Read the Full Overview
Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
Lesson Plan

What Do Scientists Do?

Read the Full Overview
This copepod (Gaussia princeps) was collected deeper than 1000 meters in the Sargasso Sea by Census of Marine Zooplankton (CMarZ) researchers in April 2006.
Article

Five Questions with Russ Hopcroft, Zooplankton Whiz

Read the Full Article
These Smithsonian field stations enable scientists worldwide to conduct long-term studies on mangrove ecosystems.
Slideshow

Slideshow: Smithsonian Research Stations

See the Full Slideshow
Sea lions generate thrust, or forward propulsion, by bringing their fore-flippers together in big sweeping motions called “claps.”  When a sea lion “claps,” it stretches its flippers out to the sides and sweeps them down. Then it tucks its flippe
Article

How Do Sea Lions Swim?

Read the Full Article
a woman works on a ship in a hard hat and vest
Article

Swimming Against the Tide

Read the Full Article
A researcher leans off of a boat to tag a great white shark.
Slideshow

Collaborator Research

See the Full Slideshow