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Students share a microscope to get a closer look at plankton samples from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.
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Students Study Plankton

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A transparent box jellyfish with a blue background.
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Box Jellyfish: One Species at a Time

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Listen to what happens when researchers in a tiny boat are surrounded by huge North Atlantic Right Whales.
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North Atlantic Right Whale: One Species at a Time

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Dr. Valerie Paul, director of the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, Fla., examines tropical seaweeds on northwestern Guam’s coral reefs.
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Diving in Guam

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Scientist Martha Nizinski holds a squat lobster (Eumunida picta) collected at the Lophelia reefs off Cape Lookout, North Carolina.    
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Squat Lobster from Reefs of North Carolina

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paleobiology field equipment for excavating a fossil whale in central america
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Equipment for a Fossil Excavation

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An artist sketches the preserved bones of a specimen in the Smithsonian's collection.
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Flippers, Jawbones, and Blowholes: Marine Specimens Inspire Artists

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Ocean Portal Community Manager Maggy Benson on a sailboat
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Maggy Benson, Ocean Portal Community Manager

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Benthic scientists are interested in organisms on the seafloor.
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The ‘Mud People'

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Rutgers oceanographers and robotic glider
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The Scarlet Knight and Rutgers Oceanographers

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Dr. Clyde Roper (rear) and museum specialist Mike Sweeny examine a giant squid specimen.
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Studying Giant Squid

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Researcher Aimee Ellison tests samples for DNA barcoding at the Gump Field Station on Moorea.
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Testing DNA samples

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