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Dive through the zones of the ocean to the deep ocean bottom where many strange species live, and there are many yet to be discovered. Explore them in the Deep Ocean Exploration section.
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What We DON'T Know About the Deep Sea

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This orange boring sponge (Cliona varians) overgrows several coral species at Panama's Smithsonian Tropical Studies Institute.
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Ocean Acidification Excites Boring Sponges

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A ribbon worm curled up in a mud flat.
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The Search for an Elusive Ribbon Worm

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Ari Friedlaender, a research scientist at the Duke University Marine Lab, tags a blue whale.
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Acrobatic Blue Whales Do the Twist While Feeding

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The "Lower Invertebrates" exhibit in Smithsonian Institution Building in 1901 included models of a giant squid and an octopus.
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Still Blue After a Century of Ocean Science and Exploration

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Coral Head Near Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Hawaii
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World Heritage Goes Marine

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Photograph of an oiled brown pelican squatting on the beach.
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Animals and the Oil Spill: What Can You Do?

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A bluefin trevally swims in Hawaii’s Maro Coral Reef, part of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
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What We're Reading - 9/22

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A shortfin mako glides through the waters off the coast of California.
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The State of Sharks, 40 Years After Jaws

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a wet river otter face
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Fecal Insights: How River Otters Help Us Understand Parasites and Ecosystem Health

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A school of akule (Hawaiian for bigeye scad) explode into a camera's frame.
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Following the Akule

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An adult and juvenile killer whale frolic in the water.
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Menopausal Moms: A Mammal Mystery

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