Personal Perspectives

Listening for Clues About Sonar’s Effects on Marine Mammals

Many animals depend on their eyes to navigate, find food, locate mates, and for...

Personal Perspectives

Bacteria on Whale Skin Tell a Tale of Health and Sickness

Whales swimming in the ocean are never really alone. Even if one swims by itself...

Article

Marine Parasites: Crazy…and Really Cool!

Marine parasites may be small in size, but they can be present in very high numbers...

Article

Seeing with Sound: Acoustic monitoring of beaked whales

When compared to dolphins and large baleen whales, beaked whales lose a bit of the...

Lesson Plan

What a Day for Ocean Microbes

For most of us, the term “marine organism” brings to mind images of fishes,...

Article

Native Knowledge of the Narwhal

The narwhal is an elusive mammal. During the winter months they feed in the deep...

Article

Still Blue After a Century of Ocean Science and Exploration

This year marks 100 years since the National Museum of Natural History opened its...

Personal Perspectives

Plastic Trash Plagues the Ocean

Once upon a time, the ocean was considered the last place where we could still find...

Marine Snow: A Staple of the Deep

Snow on land can make some people grumpy, but the magical-looking flakes and a...

Lesson Plan

Microscopic Hitchhiking

This lesson plan develops concepts on food webs and ecological relationships,...

Lesson Plan

Microbes and Climate

This activity is meant to provide students with an understanding of how microbes...

Lesson Plan

Microbes and the Marine Food Web

Food webs demonstrate complex feeding relationships among species in an ecosystem...