Invertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

05/25/2026

From 2017, "Sea Star Storytime" with department associate researcher Chris Mah!

Let's go on a journey with Smithsonian Institutes premiere sea star...

05/25/2026

Yay! Congrats to Janet Voight at the Field who has described a new species of deep-sea octopus from the Galapagos! Microeledone galapagensis!

The Galápagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador are home to more than a thousand plant and animal species found nowhere else on Earth— things like marine iguanas and giant tortoises. In a new paper in the journal Zootaxa, scientists announced the discovery of the newest animal found in the Galápa...

05/20/2026

NOAA scientists and partners to map deep waters and seabed in the Cook Islands:

This summer, NOAA Ocean Exploration will conduct an expedition on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer to map, explore and characterize deep waters off the coast of the Cook Islands. The effort is in partnership with the Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority.

See our story for more:

https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/noaa-scientists-and-partners-to-map-deep-waters-seabed-in-cook-islands

**About this photo: During the 2025 Deep-sea Habitats of the Cook Islands expedition on Exploration Vessel Nautilus the team surveyed various seascapes to better understand seabed environments, and natural and mineral resources in the region, In this image, polymetallic nodules on the seabed rest on sediment accumulated in a depression between rounded pillows and extended lobate lava flows, which are evidence of ancient volcanoes. (Image credit: Courtesy of Ocean Exploration Trust)

05/20/2026

New box jelly described by Dr. Cheryl Ames and colleagues in Singapore! Dr. Ames was a PhD student in our department!

New Species of Deadly Box Jellyfish Discovered: The fatal marine creature lives near Singapore’s “Island of Death Behind”

05/13/2026

SIPHONOPHORES! So amaze!

05/13/2026

Stunning hyperiid amphipod video!

05/13/2026

oooo! COPEPODS!

05/13/2026

A feature on a recently inherited shell collection from our colleagues at the South Australian Museum! https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1au2hRimzT/

05/08/2026

This new Falkor video featuring our very own Karen Osborn! Talking about the midwater and the tech needed to visualize it!

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