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two steelhead trout
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Steelhead Trout

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fish swim over what looks like a lake
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Eerie Underwater Lake

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A fisherman stands on the ocean's edge holding a striped bass.
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Fisherman with Striped Bass

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A map of the Mid Ocean Ridge
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Marie Tharp Map

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A Cirraturlid worm swims in the open ocean.
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Cirraturlid

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A sculpture of a giant octopus made of ocean debris
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Octavia the Octopus

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A Kemp's Ridley sea turtle is returned to the ocean.
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Kemp's Ridley Turtle Recovery

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Juvenile California sea lion
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Acrobats of La Paz, Mexico

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A photo of an oyster cage, out of the water, covered in sea squirts.
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Sea Squirts Fouling an Oyster Cage

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Band-rumped Storm-petrels (Oceanodroma castro) are quite a bit larger and heavier than Wilson's storm petrels, but share their amazing sense of smell, which they use to find food that may be miles away.
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Band-rumped Storm-petrels

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These Smithsonian field stations enable scientists worldwide to conduct long-term studies on mangrove ecosystems.
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Smithsonian Research Stations

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It is estimated that the March 11, 2011 earthquake in Japan was 1,000 times more powerful than the quake that struck Haiti in 2010. Watch as Smithsonian geologist Dr. Liz Cottrell explains this and more about the major earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
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Understanding the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

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