Search

Showing results for

Language

Content type

Article Type

Topics

Tags

When water conditions deteriorate, the rivulus fish can live temporarily out of water.
Photo

Rivulus Fish

View Image
These Smithsonian field stations enable scientists worldwide to conduct long-term studies on mangrove ecosystems.
Photo

Description of Smithsonian Field Stations

View Image
Sea lions generate thrust, or forward propulsion, by bringing their fore-flippers together in big sweeping motions called “claps.”  When a sea lion “claps,” it stretches its flippers out to the sides and sweeps them down. Then it tucks its flippe
Photo

Aquatic Locomotion of a Sea Lion

View Image
On coral reefs fish are important links in the food chain that sustains higher-order predators (including humans) and keeps everything in balance.
Photo

Black Axil Chromis on a Coral Reef

View Image
A C-130 Hercules from the Air Force Reserve Command deploys dispersant into the Gulf of Mexico May 5, 2010, as part of the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill response effort.
Photo

Dispersant Deployed From The Air

View Image
Gulf Coast of Florida tidal flats exposed by an early morning low tide.
Photo

Low Tide on the Gulf Coast

View Image
an illustration of two gannets
Slideshow

Seabirds of America

See the Full Slideshow
A 3-D reconstruction of the skull of a fin whale fetus.
Article

Keeping An Ear Out For Whale Evolution

Read the Full Article
Octocorals dominated the seafloor on Chris Mah's Okeanos mission to Johnston Atoll in the remote Pacific Ocean.
Article

Deep-sea octocorals: An ecosystem of their own

Read the Full Article
Photo of a man holding totoaba a vaquita caught in a net underneath.
Photo

Vaquitas as Bycatch

View Image
two veterinarians listen to a dolphins heart next to a dock
Photo

Navy Dolphin

View Image
shallow pans carved out of the sea coast create many pools with a seascape in the background
Photo

The Salt Pans

View Image