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A life-size sea star sculpture made from plastic trash.
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A Musical Sea Star

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A sea star crawling on an orange finger sponge in Boston Harbor.
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Recovered Boston Harbor Underwater

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Artist Chris Jordan, who took these photos, is making a documentary about Laysan albatrosses on Midway Atoll and their plastic problem. Watch the trailer.
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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem 10

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One study found that 97.5% of chicks had plastic in their stomachs, according to the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem 3

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USFW Biologist Jason Goldberg, on a boat, holding an Asian carp
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Jason Goldberg Fish and Wildlife Biologist

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Carrie McDougall Senior Program Manager, NOAA’s Office of Education
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Carrie McDougall Senior Program Manager, NOAA’s Office of Education

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a photo of Ocean Portal intern Brandon adkins in snorkel gear looking at a preserved giant squid in the Smithsonian's Sant Ocean Hall
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Brandon Adkins, Ocean Portal Intern

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Botanist Dennis Whigham stands in a forested wetland with field gear.
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Dennis Whigham

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Dr. Brandon Southall in the Mediterranean Sea aboard the NATO research vessel Alliance
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Brandon Southall aboard The Alliance

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David Bohaska, Museum Specialist - Vertebrate Paleontology, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
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NMNH Paleobiology Collections Management David Bohaska

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A North Pacific right whale swims in the Bering Sea.
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North Pacific Right Whale

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A transparent ctenophore with two long tentacles.
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Arctic Ctenophore with Long Tentacles

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