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Scaffolding and supports support a life-size model of a right whale in the national Museum of Natural History.
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Work Site for Building the Model of Phoenix

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Marc Frischer from the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography studies bacteria at a Smithsonian field station.
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Investigating Bacteria

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Flower-like clusters of pink polyps make up this coral colony.
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Coral Colony

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Mangrove roots help to build the peat underlying mangrove islands and protect against erosion.
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Mangroves Protect Against Erosion

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Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative researchers collect samples from a Pensacola Beach with oil layers in the sand. They use genomics to track how the communities of microbes change as they digest different components of oil after a spill.
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Microbial Layers In the Sand

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The Block Island wind farm is the first operational offshore wind farm in the United States. It consists of five wind turbines which powered up in December 2016 and were connected to the mainland energy grid in May 2017. 
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Wind Turbines off of Block Island

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Ocean Portal summer 2011 intern Brandon Adkins poses next to the aquarium in the Smithsonian's Sant Ocean Hall.
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Exploring Ocean Jobs

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A bright-green sea slug with a black background.
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Sea Slugs: One Species at a Time

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A school of bluefin tuna
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Pacific Bluefin Tuna School

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Giant Pacific Manta Ray, Roca Partida Sea Mount, Revillagigedos Islands, Mexico
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Giant Pacific Manta Ray, Revillagigedos Islands, Mexico

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Satellite view of Earth.
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A Different View of Earth

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A whale shark swims with a diver off the coast of East Africa.
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Whale Shark Off Coast of East Africa

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