Search
Researchers use underwater equipment to measure a skate (Bathyraja richardsoni) on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Photo

Measuring a Skate on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

View Image
Human activity is increasing in the Arctic marine environment due to climate change. To help the most vulnerable areas, the Global Marine Program of IUCN, along with partners, is convening a series of workshops aimed at enhancing ecosystem-based management and identifying biologically or ecologically important or vulnerable habitats. Burgerbukta, a bay in Svalbard, Norway, is being managed for ecosystem protection.
Article

The Sant Ocean Hall: Life at the Poles Exhibit

Read the Full Article
sea turtles in a cage
Video

Marine Forensics

Watch the Video
Dr. Vecchione served as Chief Scientist on this 2009 expedition to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Photo

Dr. Michael Vecchione

View Image
A fringe of tentacles surrounds the bell of this jellyfish (Halicreas minimum).
Photo

Midwater Jellyfish

View Image
This rarely seen smalleyed rabbitfish, belongs to the order Chimaera. Chimaeras are related to sharks and are cartilaginous animals—they have no real bones.
Photo

Chimaera from the Deep

View Image
Purple and blue thumbnail of ocean plants of some sort.
Video

Impacts of Marine Debris

Watch the Video
Photograph of a translucent red-orange comb jelly against a black sea.
Photo

Red Mid-Water Comb Jelly

View Image
Two baby olive ridley sea turtles.
Article

Surveying Life On Sea Turtles

Read the Full Article
This jewel squid (Histioteuthis bonnellii) lives above the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Photo

Jewel Squid

View Image
This jelly’s red color provides camouflage in the ocean depths.
Photo

Unidentified Comb Jelly

View Image
These zooplankton collected on a research cruise include a jellyfish, a lanternfish, a snipe eel, two large orange shrimp, a fuzzy pyrosome (which is bioluminescent), and several smaller animals.
Photo

Counting the Ocean's Diversity

View Image