Search

Showing results for

Content type

Topics

Tags

A right whale opens wide, revealing huge plates of baleen hanging from its upper jaw.
Photo

Right Whale Baleen

View Image
A life-size, meticulously detailed model of the North Atlantic right whale Phoenix hangs in the Smithsonian’s Sant Ocean Hall in the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC.
Photo

Model of Phoenix

View Image
A white scar on Phoenix’s lip (at right) was caused by her entanglement with a fishing line.
Photo

Lip Scar Caused By Fishing Gear

View Image
Scientists attached this Crittercam to a sperm whale in an effort to film a giant squid in its natural habitat.
Photo

Crittercam

View Image
Traditional fishing techniques now involve monofilament nets, with snorkelers diving down to ensure the bigger fish don't get away.
Photo

Fishing with a Net

View Image
A thresher shark was killed after becoming stuck in a gillnet.
Photo

Thresher Shark Killed by a Gillnet

View Image
Scientist Martha Nizinski examines a sample of the deep-sea coral Lophelia pertusa, collected 600-m (1,969-ft) deep off the coast of the southeastern United States.
Photo

Deep-Sea Coral Sample

View Image
Boats docked in a Chesapeake Bay harbor
Photo

Chesapeake Bay Harbor

View Image
two plesiosaurs hunt
Photo

Plesiosaur on the Hunt

View Image
an oiled marsh area with birds
Photo

Oiled Marsh

View Image
A female manatee and her calf are captured on film foraging in seagrass off the coast of Brazil.
Photo

Female Manatee Foraging with a Calf on Her Back

View Image
The Gulf of Mexico shrimp trawl fishery scoops up a lot of unwanted fish along with the shrimp. In the 1990s, for every pound of shrimp caught, more than 4 pounds of other fish species were caught as bycatch and discarded dead.
Photo

Shrimp Trawls Catch More Than Shrimp

View Image