Oarfish, giant fish rarely spotted by humans, have hundreds of unique dorsal fin rays, which help propel the fish forward.

One sponge species is so unique that scientists created an entirely new genus to classify it. Another represents a group never seen before outside of the tropics.

This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), with 10 vacancies in San Diego, CA; Miami, FL; Saint Petersburg, FL; H...

This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), with 10 vacancies in Miami, FL; Silver Spring, MD; Gloucester, MA; Pas...

This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), with 5 vacancies in Juneau, AK; Anchorage, AK; St. Petersburg, FL; or ...

This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), with 5 vacancies in San Diego, CA; Saint Petersburg, FL; or Silver Spr...

This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), with 5 vacancies in Juneau, AK; San Diego, CA; Santa Cruz, CA; Silver ...

The Smithsonian Institution is the worlds largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums and the National Zoo. The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is a major bureau of the ...

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Job Opening: Research Zoologist (Curator of Crustacea), IS-0410-12 at National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.

Researchers at Tohoku University look beyond the life-taking venomous stings of box jellyfish, and focus on life-creating processes in a new comprehensive study of their reproductive traits.

Job Opening: Research Zoologist (Curator of Fishes), IS-0410-12 at National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.

NOAA Ocean Exploration, in partnership with the National Systematics Laboratory of NOAA Fisheries, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's Ocean DNA Program, and NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanogra...

NOAA Library Seminars Speakers: Dr. Allen Collins (NOAA NMFS Office of Science and Technology National Systematics Laboratory), Meredith Westington (NOAA Integrated…

A two-and-a-half-year-old mystery of the "golden orb," an unidentified object that captured significant public interest when it was collected during a 2023 NOAA expedition, has finally been solved. Sc...

A two-and-a-half-year-old mystery of the "golden orb," an unidentified object that captured significant public interest when it was collected during a 2023 NOAA expedition, has finally been solved. Sc...

YouTube video by Global Foundation For Ocean Exploration

A new species of jellyfish that uses its long tentacles as “fishing lures” has been discovered off Kumejima island in Okinawa Prefecture, researchers said.

Manokia stiasnyi in April 2024 by Kati Eschweiler. photo by Christophe Kazmierski

Fisheries biologists recently described a new species of barracudina found in U.S. waters in the North Atlantic. Although understudied, these small fish may play a big role in their ecosystems.

In a remarkable deep-sea breakthrough, researchers have discovered 24 new species of amphipods in the Pacific’s Clarion-Clipperton Zone—including a rare, entirely new superfamily. The findings reveal…

A new technology that adds crushed starfish skeletons to winter road salt can minimize damage to streets and the environment.

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