Magnificent ocean giants
Tracking blue whales through oceanic corridors.
Marzo 27, 2025
Blue whales, the largest animals on Earth, travel hidden ocean highways.
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Prehistoric Reefs
Human fishing reshaped Caribbean reef food webs, 7000-year old exposed fossilized reefs reveal
Junio 30, 2025
A groundbreaking study of 7000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef food webs: as sharks declined by 75% and fish preferred by humans became smaller, prey fish species flourished —doubling in numbers and growing larger. This unprecedented look into prehistoric reef communities shows how the loss of top predators cascaded through the entire food web, shifting the balance amongst coral reefs.
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Coibita Island
In one of the wildest places
in Central America
Dwindling Fisheries
Panama fish catch 40 percentlarger than reported
Junio 27, 2014
Panama’s haul of tuna, lobster, shellfish and sharks has been dramatically underreported for decades, according to a new study.
Good News For The Biggest Fish
Central America protectswhale sharks
Julio 11, 2014
A binding regional accord protects the world’s largest fish in the New World tropics.
Tracking nutrient blasts
How do natural and human-discharged nutrient pulses impact tropical marine ecosystems?
Marzo 14, 2018
Nutrient upwelling season in the Bay of Panama and water quality tests from 20 previously unmonitored rivers provide a Panamanian researcher with clues about how nutrient addition impacts coastal ecosystems.
The Rariphotic
Smithsonian Researchers Name New Ocean Zone
Marzo 20, 2018
New ocean zone is home to many new species of reef fish
Mystery Migration
Whale Shark Logs Longest-Recorded Migration
Abril 30, 2018
A whale shark named Anne swam all the way across the Pacific from Coiba National Park in Panama to the Marianas Trench.
A big fish story
Big fish produce disproportionately bigger eggs and more of them
Mayo 10, 2018
A new paper in Science shows that big female fish are disproportionately important to maintaining populations. The research suggests that protection of large, reproductive females is essential to sustaining viable fish stocks.
Ocean acidification and reefs
The glue that holds the coral reef together threatened by global change
Mayo 11, 2018
Rapid increases in ocean acidity puts crustose coralline algae in a growth predicament, research by a Smithsonian marine scientist shows.
