Skip to main content
Smithsonian Institution
Language 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

Search

Showing results for "All"
Filter

Content type

  • Article (4)
  • Photo (3)
  • Slideshow (1)

Article Type

  • Article (1)
  • Personal Perspectives (1)

Topics

  • Acidification (4)
  • Animal Behavior (2)
  • At The Museum (4)
  • Beaches (1)
  • Books, Film & The Arts (4)
  • Careers (3)
  • Climate Change (9)
  • Coasts & Shallow Water (2)
  • Conservation (1)
  • Coral Reefs (5)
  • Deep Sea (21)
  • Exploration (7)
  • Fish (1)
  • Fishing (1)
  • Food Web (7)
  • Genetics (1)
  • Get Involved (1)
  • Gulf Oil Spill (4)
  • Habitat Destruction (2)
  • History & Cultures (1)
  • Ice (1)
  • Invertebrates (29)
  • Marine Mammals (2)
  • Microbes (5)
  • Ocean Life (1)
  • Planet Ocean (1)
  • Plankton (21)
  • Plants & Algae (2)
  • Poles (7)
  • Recreation (2)
  • Reptiles (1)
  • Seabirds (3)
  • Seafood (1)
  • Solutions & Success Stories (4)
  • Temperature & Chemistry (3)
  • The Anthropocene (1)
  • The Seafloor (22)
  • Tides & Currents (3)
  • Vents & Volcanoes (15)
  • Waves, Storms & Tsunamis (4)
  • (-) Evolution (3)
  • (-) Technology (5)

Tags

  • Adaptations (19)
  • Algae (4)
  • Algae blooms (2)
  • Anatomy (2)
  • Ancient sea life (7)
  • Antarctic (2)
  • Arctic (14)
  • AUVs (4)
  • Beaches (4)
  • Biodiversity (16)
  • Bioluminescence (5)
  • Bycatch (2)
  • Climate Change (3)
  • Competition (2)
  • Corals (25)
  • Currents (7)
  • Darwin (2)
  • Deep-sea corals (3)
  • Deepwater Horizon (11)
  • Defenses (3)
  • DNA barcoding (7)
  • Dolphins & Porpoises (3)
  • Earthquakes (3)
  • Education (2)
  • Endangered species (2)
  • Feeding (6)
  • Films (2)
  • Fisheries (3)
  • Geologic periods (3)
  • Geology (7)
  • Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (15)
  • Ice (4)
  • Intelligence (2)
  • Jellyfish, Anemones & Relatives (2)
  • Maps (6)
  • Maritime history (5)
  • Migration (3)
  • Mussels, Oysters & Relatives (2)
  • National Museum of Natural History (15)
  • New discoveries (5)
  • NOAA (25)
  • Ocean Optimism (4)
  • Oil spills (17)
  • Paleobiology (10)
  • Phytoplankton (2)
  • Predation (2)
  • Protecting Spaces (2)
  • Reproduction (4)
  • Research vessels (50)
  • Restoring Habitats (3)
  • ROVs (23)
  • Scientific illustrations (6)
  • Scientists at work (41)
  • Scuba diving (10)
  • Seamounts (3)
  • Sea turtles (6)
  • Seaweed (2)
  • Senses (10)
  • Sharks (2)
  • Shipwrecks (3)
  • Skates and rays (2)
  • Smithsonian collections (4)
  • Smithsonian scientists (29)
  • Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (5)
  • Sponges (6)
  • Squids & Octopuses (5)
  • Symbiosis (2)
  • Technology (60)
  • Tides (2)
  • Under the microscope (9)
  • Whales (19)
  • Women in Science (4)
  • (-) Vents & Volcanoes (3)
  • (-) Zooplankton (4)
  • Sort By Relevance
  • A-Z
  • Z-A
  • Newest
  • Oldest
A large, black instrument is hauled onto a ship's deck by researchers wearing hard hats and life vests.
Article

What the Big Picture Can Teach Us About Tiny Ocean Creatures

A 1,000-pound metal instrument—about the size of a two-seat Smart car—drops off...
March 2019
Small red hyperiid.
slideshow

The Hyper Eyes of Hyperiids: How Some Shrimp-Like Creatures See Light in the Deep Sea

Hyperiid amphipods are small crustaceans related to sand fleas and distantly...
Tue, 08/19/2014 - 10:47
Scientists use a multinet to collect zooplankton.
Photo

Launching a Multinet

Scientists use a multinet to collect Arctic zooplankton samples from...
A remotely operated vehicle (ROV) recovers a volcano monitor from an underwater observatory.
Photo

ROV Recovers Volcano Monitor

The remotely operated vehicle ROPOS recovers a volcano monitor from NOAA’s New...
NOAA’s New Millennium Observatory was set up to study geologic, chemical, and biologic interactions along the mid-ocean ridge system. Here, a remotely operated vehicle (ROPOS) recovers a volcano monitor in the Juan de Fuca Ridge in the Pacific, west of Oregon.
Photo

Studying the Mid-Ocean Ridge

NOAA’s New Millennium Observatory (NeMO) was set up to study geologic, chemical,...
Rough periwinkles sit on a bed of barnacles.
Personal Perspectives

Spirals in Time: A Walk at the Seashore

When I set out to write a book about mollusks (called Spirals in Time), I wasn't...
July 2015
The Block Island wind farm is the first operational offshore wind farm in the United States. It consists of five wind turbines which powered up in December 2016 and were connected to the mainland energy grid in May 2017. 

An Ocean of Energy: Bringing Offshore Wind to America

Three miles off the coast of Block Island, a roughly ten square mile haven for...
August 2017
Riftia tubeworm (Riftia pachyptila) colonies near hot spring.

The Microbes That Keep Hydrothermal Vents Pumping

Life is typically sparse on the deep seafloor, where organisms endure high...
March 2016

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
  • About
  • Media Archive
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy

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