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Ocean - A Dance About Science and Conservation

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The Banc d'Arguin National Park site in Mauritania was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1989. Fringing the Atlantic coast, the park comprises sand dunes, coastal swamps, small islands, and shallow coastal waters. A wide variety of migrating birds sp
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<span lang="fr">Banc d'Arguin</span> National Park, Mauritania

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A photo of an oyster cage, out of the water, covered in sea squirts.
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Sea Squirts Fouling an Oyster Cage

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A net used to trawl the ocean floor scooped up this large specimen of deep-sea coral.
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Coral Trapped in Trawler Net

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A photo of oceanographer Xavier Pastor aboard an Oceana research vessel surrounded by ice in the Baltic Sea
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Oceanographer Xavier Pastor

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This deep-sea coral specimen shows the bands that help marine scientists learn how ocean conditions changed over time.
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Deep-Sea Coral Bands

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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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Península Valdés, Argentina

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A large ship flushes water from its ballast tanks while at sea
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Ship Flushing Ballast Water at Sea

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The currents of the North Pacific gyre collect trash—mostly bits of microscopic plastic—into what are known as "garbage patches."
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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A mangrove tree crab clings to a leaf near a Smithsonian marine laboratory in Panama.
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Mangrove Tree Crab

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