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A sailing canoe heads toward an island in the distance at full sail.
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Hōkūleʻa of Polynesian Voyaging Society

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Two sailing canoes float on open water, with islands spotting the horizon. The canoe hulls are orange along the bottom half and white along the top, with brightly colored sails.
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Voyaging Canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia

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a whale at the surface with an orange suction tag
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The Minke Whale

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a small hut on the shore is surrounded by thousands of walruses
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Walruses For Miles

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an Inuit hunts in a kayak
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Hunting in a Kayak

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A yellow ribbon eel
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Ribbon Eel

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A sunset over Boston Harbor.
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Sunset over Boston Harbor

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Ichthyologist (ik-thee-OL-uh-gist): a scientist who studies fish.
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Ichthyologist

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Stede Bonnet at his hanging in Charleston, North Carolina
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Stede Bonnett’s Fate

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Blackbeard's head suspended from the end of a bowsprit.
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Blackbeard’s Head

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Trout cages in 30 feet of water.
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Feeding IMTA Trout

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On August 23, 2011 a 5.8 earthquake emanated from the little-known Central Virginia Seismic Zone. The epicenter was near Mineral, VA, but the tremor shook homes, schools, and office buildings in Washington, DC and beyond. In this brief video, Smithsonian e
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Demonstrating an Earthquake's Seismic Waves

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