Media Gallery: Story

  • Did Whale Evolution Go Backwards?
    Sep 24 2010 - 12:25pm
    Whales swim, but their ancestors walked. Whales are mammals (like us) whose ancestors lived on land. Life probably began in the ocean and then evolved to colonize the land. Yet the whale’s ancestors...

  • Event: Demystifying Seafood
    Apr 6 2011 - 1:09pm
               

  • Examine the Clues
    Aug 1 2011 - 11:06am
    In 2003, a team of Japanese scientists analyzed the DNA of tapetails and whalefish. The results suggested that these two very different looking fishes were almost identical in one specific gene. But...

  • Expedition to the Line Islands
    Nov 17 2009 - 4:46pm
    Remotely located in the central Pacific Ocean, south of Hawaii, the Line Islands provide a remarkable research opportunity. The archipelago includes coral reefs reflecting the whole spectrum of...

  • Famous People Dampier Influenced
    Jul 27 2010 - 6:04pm
    Charles Darwin: Almost 150 years after Dampier visited the Galapagos Islands, Charles Darwin brought Dampier’s books with him on his famous voyage to South America on The Beagle—the journey that led...

  • Five Questions for Callum Roberts, Author and Professor
    Jul 18 2012 - 4:51pm

  • Five Questions for Carole Baldwin
    Mar 11 2011 - 4:06pm
    Dr. Carole Baldwin never expected to find seven new species of fish among the Starskia blennies she was studying at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. "My research team was using...

  • Five Questions for Halsey Burgund, Creator of Ocean Voices
    Mar 8 2012 - 12:28pm
    Real or imagined, everyone has a story about the ocean. In 2010 sound artist Halsey Burgund teamed up with marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols to record as many of these tales as they could. The...

  • Five Questions for Musician Sam Lardner
    Jul 15 2010 - 6:50pm
    Wherever you live—and whatever your age or walk of life—there is something you can do to help the ocean, a way for you to Find Your Blue. For musician Sam Lardner, that has meant composing and...

  • Five Questions for Robert Ballard
    Aug 31 2010 - 9:56am
    As children, many people have dreamed of plunging beneath the ocean surface to explore the unknown world below. Dr. Robert Ballard is living his childhood dream. He is among a small number of people...

  • Five Questions for Shirley Pomponi, Medical Sponge Hunter
    Oct 23 2012 - 3:01pm
    Most scuba divers scour coral reefs looking for colorful fish, natural beauty, and maybe even the perfect underwater photo. Shirley Pomponi, a biologist at Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch...

  • Five Questions with Brigitte Ebbe, Polychaete Pundit
    Apr 8 2013 - 11:11am
    Now that the Census of Marine Life is over, we’re checking in with some of the researchers to hear about their favorite expedition, what they learned, and how the Census and its findings continue to...