From the very beginning, scientists collected marine organisms for research and public display. Dr. Ritter was the chief scientist aboard the U.S. Fisheries Steamer Albatross during its 1904 summer ...

The Scripps Institution of Oceanography Benthic Invertebrate Collection (SIO-BIC) is an active research repository housing 71,000+ lots, representing 1,000,000+ specimens and 7,600+ species from ...

The Marine Invertebrates gallery is closed from 10.00-15.30 every other Tuesday. The space is being used for our Adventure Babies event. The gallery may be closed on an irregular basis for other ...

The sea surface is home to a diverse group of animals adapted to life in the open ocean, but increasingly, they’re sharing that space with plastic debris. This year, neuroscience researchers made ...

Jewel Plummer Cobb was a cancer researcher who investigated how hormones, ultraviolet light and chemotherapeutic drugs can ...

Oil and dispersed oil are toxic to marine invertebrates like corals, lobsters, crabs, oysters, clams, zooplankton, starfish and sand-dwelling organisms. As with fish, it’s impossible to tally how many ...

Dr Keith Hiscock MBE: Keith is a marine biologist and diver who has played a pivotal role in marine conservation in the UK most notably with the Marine Protected Area programme and the pioneering work ...