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a squalodontid skull is dislodged after a plaster jacket is applied
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Dislodging the Fossil

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An artist sketches the preserved bones of a specimen in the Smithsonian's collection.
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Flippers, Jawbones, and Blowholes: Marine Specimens Inspire Artists

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The giant squid’s enormous eyes help it find prey in the dark ocean depths.
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Largest Eye in the World, Giant Squid

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A tusk shell hermit crab peeks out of his shell.
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Uncovering Biodiversity Before It Disappears

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The Sant Ocean Hall is the National Museum of Natural History's largest exhibit, providing visitors with a unique and breathtaking introduction to the majesty of the ocean
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Building the Sant Ocean Hall: Interviews with the Exhibit Team

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Hurricane Katrina
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Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones

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The ultra-black Pacific blackdragon forms a circular shape with its body.
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Scientists Find First Ultra-Black Color in Deep-Sea Fishes

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A coral head in the Mesoamerican Reef has both bleached and living coral. The white sections are bleached and the brown parts still contain zooxanthellae, the symbiotic algae that provide food to their coral hosts.
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Coral Under Pressure: Monitoring Bleaching In Real Time

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Pink crustose algae covers the surface of a rock.
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Microbes Help Corals Pick a Home and Settle Down

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Two baby olive ridley sea turtles.
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Surveying Life On Sea Turtles

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A narwhal breaches the surface, its tusk pointed to the sky
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Why a Tusk? The real-life unicorns of the sea and the tusks that make them famous

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A thresher shark was killed after becoming stuck in a gillnet.
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What We’re Reading 10/6

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