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ARTICLE Martha Nizinski: Hooked on Deep-Sea Corals Nine years ago I was invited by a colleague to join a research team investigating deep-sea coral habitats. I was asked to examine the invertebrates associated with these ecosystems. After my...MORE STORIES


	VIDEO MORE VIDEOS The Whale Acoustic Lab John Hildebrand discusses his research at the Scripps Whale Acoustic Lab on the...
	ARTICLE MORE STORIES Amy Baco-Taylor: Passionate about Deep-Sea Corals Two events made me passionate about deep-sea corals. One was my first submarine...
	BLOG POST MORE STORIES Making Science Sing: The Longest Time (Coral Triangle Edition) How do you make science sing? Just ask a couple of female scientists to sing abo...

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					Investigating Nutrient Pollution's Impact on Mangroves Apr 26, 2013 - 9:47AMAt Carrie Bow Cay in Belize, Dr. Candy Feller explains her research on the effect of excess nutrients on mangrove swamps. Feller runs the Animal-Plant Interaction Lab at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. See a photo...

Researching Invasive Species Near the Panama Canal

Sep 1, 2011 - 11:27AM

If you want to study invasive species in the ocean, the Panama Canal offers...

Flippers, Jawbones, and Blowholes: Marine Specimens Inspire Artists

May 5, 2011 - 2:49PM

Rachel Caauwe was one of a dozen artists who spent a recent Saturday...

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Coral Scientist Brendan Roark: On an Urgent Mission Deep-sea coral beds are true biodiversity hotspots. It’s urgent that we study these extreme environments because we know so...

Ice Divers Prepare to Plunge Jan 5 2011 - 4:43pm It takes special equipment and many warm layers of clothing to dive safely beneath Arctic sea ice. Ice divers look for holes in a melt pond in order to enter the frigid waters.	Making Science Sing: The Longest Time (Coral Triangle Edition) Jul 9 2012 - 12:16pm How do you make science sing? Just ask a couple of female scientists to sing about their research interests and their passion is quickly conveyed in a quirky little tune. Informative, inspiring, and a little bit silly are all adjectives that aptly describe this music video performed and produced by...
Diving in Guam Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am Dr. Valerie Paul is studying chemical defenses that may protect coral reefs from many species of herbivores that live on coral reefs. In this picture she is examining tropical seaweeds on northwestern Guam’s coral reefs. Dr. Paul is the director of the Smithsonian Marine Station (SMS) at Fort...	Shallow Water Diving with WHOI Jul 15 2011 - 1:42pm "Shallow Water Diving: The Benefits of Being There" produced by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI), spotlights researchers using scuba in shallow water. These scientists, working on coral reefs, fish ecology, and sea floor topography, require uninterrupted lengths of time or close work in...
An Intern Explores Ocean Careers Aug 4 2011 - 12:47pm I’m a high school student interested in pursuing marine science. I have loved the ocean since I was 3 feet tall and only getting my feet wet at the beach. I’m a senior in high school, and over the next year I have the task of selecting a college, but I’m also thinking about my major and future...	Squat Lobster from Reefs of North Carolina Jul 27 2011 - 11:45am Scientist Martha Nizinski holds a squat lobster (Eumunida picta) collected at the Lophelia reefs off Cape Lookout, North Carolina. Squat lobsters are extremely abundant there and are usually found perched on top of coral mounds. Nizinski’s research has provided a better understanding of the...
The Moorea Biocode Project Nov 11 2009 - 5:48pm Scientists on the tiny island of Moorea, in the Pacific, are gathering one of every life form large enough to pick up with tweezers. They're on a quest to build a detailed catalog of the entire ecosystem. Learn more about the island and the research being done there in our Casting a Wide Net...	World Oceans Day 2012 - Live Webcast May 24 2012 - 3:55pm On World Oceans Day - June 8th, 2012 - the Living Oceans Foundation hosted a live web-based conversation between Sylvia Earle at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and a team of scientists researching coral reefs and their communities around the Galapogos Islands.
Clyde Roper: Squid Hunter - Eyeball to Eyeball Aug 24 2010 - 9:54am Dr. Clyde Roper, squid expert, explains how he developed a passionate interest in the giant squid (Architeuthis dux) in this excerpt of "Eyeball to Eyeball," an episode of Errol Morris' First Person television series. Roper, fueled by his early beginnings as a lobster fisherman...	Clyde Roper: Squid Hunter - Architeuthis Aug 24 2010 - 10:11am Dr. Clyde Roper recounts the tale of his encounter with a giant squid specimen (Architeuthis dux) that was found washed up on a Massachusetts beach in this excerpt from "Eyeball to Eyeball," an episode of Errol Morris' First Person television series. After the giant squid was...
Box Jellies: One Species at a Time Apr 2 2010 - 12:16pm In this episode of the Podcast of Life, learn how three fiery, painful stings during an early morning swim in Hawaii changed the life of researcher Angel Yanagihara. Once the young biochemist had recovered from her box jelly encounter, Carybdea alata had her full attention. Now she works to unlock...	Amy Baco-Taylor: Passionate about Deep-Sea Corals Jul 27 2011 - 10:56am Two events made me passionate about deep-sea corals. One was my first submarine dive in a deep-sea coral bed off the Hawaiian island of Oahu. There was an incredibly lush community of corals and associated invertebrates that were not well known, let alone understood. A couple of years later, I...
Smithsonian Research Stations Dec 2 2009 - 3:42pm These Smithsonian field stations enable scientists worldwide to conduct long-term studies on mangrove ecosystems from a range of latitudes.	Dr. Sylvia Earle Jul 19 2011 - 2:16pm Dr. Sylvia Earle, National Geographic Explorer in Residence, is known as ‘Her Deepness” and was Time Magazine’s first “Hero for the Planet”. An oceanographer, explorer and author, Dr. Earle was former Chief Scientist of NOAA, founder of the Mission Blue Foundation and chair of the Advisory Council...
Scientists Discuss their Submersible Experience Dec 15 2009 - 6:00pm Scientists talk about the experience of exploring the ocean in this excerpt from the Deep Ocean Explorers video. More about deep ocean exploration can be found in our Deep Ocean Exploration featured story.	Blue Water Diving with WHOI Jul 15 2011 - 4:51pm "Inside the Open Ocean: Blue Water Diving" produced by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), describes a specialized diving technique that lets biologists study the ocean's most fragile beings--soft, transparent animals such as jellyfish that are crushed by traditional tools such as plankton...