Whenever I take my family on a trip to a new state, we always try to visit the local aquarium, and I bet a lot of other ...

These awesome sea animal crafts are the perfect way to splash creativity into the classroom. From fish to jellies and ...

This slimline, eel-like fish has no scales for protection so chooses to use a sea cucumber's sphincter for safety. Panda ants are actually wasps masquerading as an adorable ant, with black and white ...

These Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest images feature the captivating creatures that live beneath the waves A hawksbill sea turtle munches away on a sponge near Juno Beach. Smithsonian Photo Contest ...

Giant, phantasmagorical creatures dwell in the dark water. And when marine researchers lower robots into these depths, they're almost always spotting something rare or previously unknown to science.

For the last 6 years, I've lived in an ocean paradise. Hawaii is pretty much as much as ocean as you can get - it is the most isolated island chain in the world, which means we have more ocean around ...

The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States, and it houses over 3,600 plant and animal species. The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center has numerous initiatives to study the ...

A window to the world underneath the water's surface, aquariums provide an avenue of exploration that many visitors could not find elsewhere. They also play a crucial role in ocean and wetland ...

This year, animals of all shapes and sizes surprised us with amazing abilities we didn’t know they had. From powerlifting to walking on the underside of water, these are the creature capabilities that ...

The skin of dwarf crocodiles found living in a cave in Gabon is turning orange from swimming in guano. It's unclear how long they've been down there, but genetic research indicates they may be ...