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Farther north, in Fort Pierce, Florida, researchers at the Smithsonian Marine Station focus on mangroves and other marine ecosystems of Florida.
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Smithsonian Marine Station

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A round sea potato with hair-like spikes laying flat against its body.
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Sea Potato

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Photograph of many tiny transparent larval squid surrounding the head of a dissecting pin.
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Squid Babies

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Two bright orange anemonefish poke their heads between anemone tentacles.
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Clownfish in their Host Anemone

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Encrusted pumice
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Encrusted Pumice

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The 1903 blue whale in the Natural History Museum
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A Century of Whales at the Smithsonian

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a large storm wave crashes over a lighthouse at the end of a pier
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Storm Waves Strike

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an illustration of pufferfish species and their relatives
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Pufferfishes and Their Relatives

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World map during last ice age
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Ice Age Map of the World

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A pearly razorfish
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Pearly Razorfish

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An abandoned fishing net carrying 17 dead sea turtles was discovered off the coast of Bahia, Brazil days after a storm.
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Turtles Caught in Abandoned Net

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Hundreds of birds congregate around the trawl fishing vessel. The orange "bird scaring lines" keep the birds from flying into the trawl cables where they can accidentally get caught and die.
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Bird scaring lines

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