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 (3)
  • Video (1)

Article Type

  • Article (2)
  • Personal Perspectives (1)

Topics

  • Ancient Seas (8)
  • At The Museum (5)
  • Books, Film & The Arts (7)
  • Careers (13)
  • Census of Marine Life (2)
  • Climate Change (13)
  • Coasts & Shallow Water (5)
  • Coral Reefs (7)
  • Deep Sea (20)
  • Evolution (6)
  • Exploration (15)
  • Extinctions (2)
  • Extinctions (1)
  • Fish (21)
  • Fishing (3)
  • Food Web (11)
  • Genetics (3)
  • Get Involved (1)
  • Habitat Destruction (2)
  • History & Cultures (6)
  • Human Connections (1)
  • Ice (16)
  • Images to Hide (2)
  • Invasive Species (1)
  • Invertebrates (29)
  • Mangroves (2)
  • Marine Mammals (22)
  • Ocean Life (3)
  • Planet Ocean (1)
  • Plankton (8)
  • Plants & Algae (5)
  • Poles (25)
  • Pollution (7)
  • Reptiles (3)
  • Seabirds (14)
  • Seafood (1)
  • Sharks & Rays (16)
  • Shifting Baselines (1)
  • Sights, Sounds & Games (1)
  • Solutions & Success Stories (2)
  • Technology (11)
  • Temperature & Chemistry (19)
  • The Seafloor (5)
  • Through Time (1)
  • Tides & Currents (3)
  • Waves, Storms & Tsunamis (8)
  • (-) Animal Behavior (4)

Tags

  • Anatomy (2)
  • Bioluminescence (2)
  • Citizens of the Sea (2)
  • Competition (3)
  • Crabs, Shrimp & Relatives (7)
  • Deepwater Horizon (3)
  • Defenses (5)
  • Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (3)
  • Intelligence (2)
  • National Museum of Natural History (2)
  • Oil spills (3)
  • Predation (3)
  • Reproduction (11)
  • Sea turtles (2)
  • Smithsonian scientists (3)
  • Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (3)
  • Tagging (5)
  • Technology (5)
  • Under the microscope (2)
  • Whales (7)
  • Zooplankton (2)
  • (-) Feeding (3)
  • Sort By Relevance
  • A-Z
  • Z-A
  • Newest
  • Oldest
A screenshot from the video showing a bioluminescent seastar.
video

The Weird, Wonderful World of Bioluminescence

“It’s a little appreciated fact that most of the animals in our ocean make...
Wed, 04/18/2018 - 09:37
A humpback whale breaching in Antarctic waters.
Personal Perspectives

Humpback Whales in Antarctica: What Are the Whales Doing?

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaengliae) are the most abundant baleen whale in the...
February 2013
A beaked whale at the ocean's surface
Article

Seeing with Sound: Acoustic monitoring of beaked whales

When compared to dolphins and large baleen whales, beaked whales lose a bit of the...
November 2017
A narwhal breaches the surface, its tusk pointed to the sky
Article

Why a Tusk? The real-life unicorns of the sea and the tusks that make them famous

In the frigid Arctic Ocean, a mysterious toothed whale—the narwhal— resides...
August 2017

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