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Exploration

At Smithsonian Ocean, we have lesson plans, activities, and resources to help you engage your students in the wonders of our oceans.

Down below where the sunlight cannot penetrate, the ocean is a dark, cold and alien landscape. Can life really exist in such an extreme environment? NOAA Ocean Today Every Full Moon takes a look at the bizarre and remarkable creatures that persist in the d

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Mysteries of the Mesopelagic

A team of scientists explore the Arctic ocean.

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Under Arctic Ice

These zooplankton collected on a research cruise include a jellyfish, a lanternfish, a snipe eel, two large orange shrimp, a fuzzy pyrosome (which is bioluminescent), and several smaller animals.

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One Fish, Two Fish: Estimating Undiscovered Species

A screenshot from the video "Making Aquaculture Sustainable" with tuna in an offshore fish farm in a net.

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Making Aquaculture Sustainable

Phoenix swimming with her calf.

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Scientists Use Bioacoustics to Protect Marine Mammals

A screenshot from video showing researchers collecting snapping shrimp off Moorea.

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Slurping Shrimp near Moorea

Cleaning up abandoned fishing nets

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Upcycled Ocean Plastic

Screenshot from video of an aerial view of the ocean drilling vessel Chikyu.

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The Ocean Drilling Vessel Chikyu

the titanic underwater

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The Titanic Wrecksite

as sea turtle at the surface

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Exploring Ocean Life with an Underwater Vehicle

A brittle star clings to the branches of a deep sea coral

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A Brittle Star May Be a Coral’s Best Friend

a diver in blue water

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Blue Water Diving with WHOI