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A student participates in shoreline survey in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.
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Student Assists with Shore Survey

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Each year, thousands of local teachers join us for Smithsonian Teachers’ Night.
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Teacher's Night Logo

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Portrait of a scallop with black and white striped lips, whose shell is encrusted with a red sponge.
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Scallop

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A tiny piece of plastic photographed by a scanning electron micrograph.
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A Microbial Reef

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Bright colors seem to jump off of this comb jelly, or ctenophore.
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Floating Antarctic Comb Jelly

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The Antarctic minke whale is the only baleen whale found in the icy waters of the Antarctic.
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Antarctic Minke Whale

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Much of the plastic comes from litter on land, which washes down storm drains and eventually makes it to the ocean. Some bits are from fishing nets and lines discarded by fishing boats.
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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem 7

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Staci DeSchryver, Jason Moeller, and Caitlin Fine, during their time in NOAA’s Teacher at Sea Program
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Staci DeSchryver, Jason Moeller, and Caitlin Fine participants in NOAA’s Teacher at Sea Program

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Curator and Research Scientist Lynne Parenti with student Shao-i Wang on a moped with fish collection gear
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Lynne Parenti NMNH Fishes Curator

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A photo of coral visibly affected by disease.
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Diseased Coral

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A jellyfish floating in the water.
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Jellyfish Floating

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An aerial shot of oil rigs off the Louisiana coast.
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Oil Rigs off the Louisiana Coast

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