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A close up of a grey whale face
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Grey Whale

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The bright, brilliant swirls of blue and green seen from space are a phytoplankton bloom in the Barents Sea.
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Geoengineering Phytoplankton Blooms

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By pumping enormous test tubes that are 60-feet deep and hold almost 15,000 gallons of water with carbon dioxide to make the water inside more acidic, researchers can study how zooplankton, phytoplankton and other small organisms will adapt in the wild.
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Studying Acidification in the Field

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This tentacle belongs to a blue button. While it has a central “float” with streaming tentacles like typical jellyfish, the blue button is a colony of many small hydroid animals.
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Blue Button Tentacle

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A deep-sea octopus protecting her eggs
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Vigilant Octomom

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In the 19th century, many women wore tight corsets that were stiffened with stays made from baleen.
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Whale Products in Fashion

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A graph compares the crustacean biodiversity of coral reefs around the world.
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Coral Reef Biodiversity: A Comparison

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When it comes to many of our once-favorite seafoods, there aren't always plenty more fish in the sea. In fact, some studies estimate that up to 90 percent of large predatory fish have disappeared since humans began heavy fishing.
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Be a Picky Eater

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Colorful crustaceans from the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe.
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Colorful Caribbean Crustaceans

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A brittled star clings to damaged deep-sea corals in the Gulf of Mexico
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Brittle Star Clings to Damaged Deep-sea Corals

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Smithsonian Zoologist Dr. Clyde Roper in front of the museum's stored cephalopod collection.
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Smithsonian Cephalopod Collection

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It's a pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti), found in Indonesia's biodiverse Coral Triangle and one of the smallest seahorse species in the world! They can change colors like a chameleon to blend into their environment. This helps to protect them from p
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Can You Spot the Seahorse?

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