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This Japanese research ship drills into the ocean floor to learn about Earth’s history and structure.
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Deep Sea Drilling Vessel Chikyu

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X-ray image of a longnose butterflyfish
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X-Ray Image of a Longnose Butterflyfish

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A walrus sits on top of ice.
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One Hundred Names for Sea Ice

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Yankee Whalers: An 1856 Currier & Ives print shows whalers harpooning a right whale.
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The “Right” Whale to Hunt

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The Brazilian Atlantic Islands site was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2001. The rich waters of the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago and Rocas Atoll are extremely important for the breeding and feeding of tuna, shark, turtle, and marine mammals. Th
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Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves

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Circular scars from a giant squid sucker on sperm whale skin.
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Giant Squid Sucker Marks

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Gabor Szathmary secures one of the plaster jackets containing a fossil "toothed" mysticete that was excavated on Vancouver Island.
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Fossils Get a CT Scan

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A tusk shell hermit crab peeks out of his shell.
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Tusk Shell Hermit Crab

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On average, Arctic sea ice has decreased by four percent per decade since the late 1970s.
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Sea Level Rise

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A diver collects water samples.
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Ocean Sampling Day – Taking the Pulse of the World’s Oceans

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A dredge from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can be seen removing a sandbar off of Virginia Beach, VA.
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Diving into the Sandstorm

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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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An Intern Explores Ocean Careers

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