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Geophysicist Jian Lin of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution studied the earthquake site that triggered 2004’s Indian Ocean tsunami. New tools to map seafloor earthquakes—like this robotic Autonomous Benthic Explorer—enhance our understanding of catastrophic events, such as the tsunami.
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Seafloor Earthquakes Study

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Large container ships at port, discharging ballast water in the Port of Oakland
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Ballast Water in the Port of Oakland

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The Peninsula Valdes in Argentina was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1999. The site is home to important breeding populations of the endangered southern right whale (Eubalaena australis), southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), and southern sea
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Marine World Heritage Photo Gallery

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a live coelacanth
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A Live Specimen

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A blue crab on the Mid-Atlantic coast of the U.S.
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A Bite of Bitter Crab

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a fuzzy brown sea anemone cover the coral
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Corallimorphs

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a tubeworm's red innards
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Tubeworm Closeup

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There is a large demand for shark ecotourism.
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Swimming with Sharks

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NMNH intern in the lab.
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It's All In the DNA

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a diagram showing the zones of the ocean
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Ocean Zones

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