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A coral head in the Mesoamerican Reef has both bleached and living coral. The white sections are bleached and the brown parts still contain zooxanthellae, the symbiotic algae that provide food to their coral hosts.
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Coral Under Pressure: Monitoring Bleaching In Real Time

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dead coral from disease
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Sickness in the Sea: A Coral Plague Hits Florida

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Smithsonian researchers eat a meal in preparation for a fossil excavation
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At STRI, No Whales Yet, But There Are Fossil Sea Cows...

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Venomous Box Jelly from South Carolina
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Pinning Down the Jellyfish

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a neon purple jellyfish
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Live Jellyfish Make Splash in Marine Education

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Black men dredge for oysters in a boat
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The Bay of Opportunity and Hope

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a blue negative of algae
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No Longer Anonymous: Anna Atkins and her Algae

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Three fishermen sit on wooden stilts that are sticking out of the ocean as they fish.
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Fishing for Food Security: Small-Scale Fisheries Are Key

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A Bryde's whale catches a meal
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The Case of the Mystery Whale

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Corals, sponges, and algae are the major components of most coral reef communities as shown in this picture.
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Making Science Sing: The Longest Time (Coral Triangle Edition)

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A white crabeater seal resting on an iceberg.
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Life in the Field

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Smithsonian Scientists Dig a Trench Around a squalodontid Skull
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Expedition to Excavate a Fossil Whale

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