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An estimated 5 tons of plastic are fed to albatross chicks each year at Midway Atoll.

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What We’re Reading 11/14

November 2016

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A little penguin and its protector.

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Oddball Movie

January 2017

Map of seasonal area restrictions for ships in Northeast U.S.

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Seasonal Management of Right Whales

January 2017

Yellow and light green sunburst lichen on a rock.

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Sunburst Lichen

August 2015

Seagrass species come in many different shapes and sizes, as illustrated by this conceptual diagram of some common seagrass species.

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Seagrass Diversity

January 2016

Chelsea Rochman dissects a dorado caught by the crew to see if it had eaten plastic. Nearly 10 percent of all fish collected on the expedition had plastic in their systems.

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Dorado Dissection

April 2015

Encrusted pumice

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Encrusted Pumice

October 2017

Sand dollars (like those pictured in this set of illustrations) are flattened, burrowing sea urchins. Dead, sunlight-bleached specimens resemble silver coins, hence their common name. These figures portray a sand dollar’s lifecycle from larva to adult.

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Sea Urchins

June 2015

Cover of 2018 Mesoamerican Reef Report Card

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Healthy Reefs Initiative Report Card

March 2018

Charley Potter, Marine Mammals Collection Manager, holding a dolphin skull at the Museum Support Center. The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History houses a collection of hundreds of whale earwax plugs.

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Charley Potter

January 2016

a three panel of the dragonfish

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Snaggletooth Dragonfish

January 2018

Manta Ray Corvette Concept Car.

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Manta Ray Corvette

November 2017