Search

Showing results for

Language

Content type

Article Type

Topics

Tags

The Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve site in France was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1983. The site's vegetation is an outstanding example of scrubland. Seagulls, cormorants, and sea eagles can be found here, while the clear waters, with their islets and inaccessible caves, host a rich and diverse marine life.
Photo

Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve, France

View Image
Local yarn and craft shops were highly involved in creating the Smithsonian Community Reef—the local community’s accompaniment to the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef exhibit.
Photo

Crochet Coral Reef Community Window Display

View Image
A close up view of Phoenix and the rough patches of skin known as callosities that are found on all North Atlantic right whales.
Photo

Phoenix’s Callosities

View Image
Dr. Clyde Roper in a one-person submersible.
Photo

One-Person Submersible

View Image
Powerful suckers stud the club at the end of the giant squid’s long feeding tentacle.
Photo

Giant Squid Feeding Tentacle

View Image
A diver on the reef near Moorea collects samples.
Photo

Research Diver in Moorea

View Image
Photograph of a bristly brown and white worm, with one end pressed against a pale green coral.
Photo

Fireworm Takes on Fire Coral

View Image
Jellyfish produce mucus, especially when stressed, which can interact with oil and break it down. This moon jellyfish is sloughing off mucus that has mixed with droplets of oil.
Photo

Moon Jellyfish With Oil & Mucus

View Image
A sea monster attacks a ship in an illustration for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne.
Photo

Sea Monster Attack

View Image
An algal bloom, also known as a red tide, has converted the ocean's surf to a red color
Photo

Red Tide

View Image
a stack of plates covered in algae on a reef
Video

What is DROP?

Watch the Video
Illustration from video showing Zack and Molly the octopod at a diner.
Video

The Adventures of Zack and Molly: Part 1

Watch the Video