Learn how we use photo-identification to study marine mammals in the Southeast Region.

On September 6th, an international team of researchers assembled to survey deep-sea coral and sponge habitats on seamounts 300 miles offshore of the U.S.-Canada border in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Follow this blog to learn what they discover.

Check out the stories, podcasts, social media posts, and videos that topped the charts in 2024.

Ecosystem connections link priority marine species from orcas to abalone.

Vital seafloor habitats were damaged by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. NOAA and partners are building a network of experts and resources to restore this underexplored area in the Gulf of America.

Pacific Islands Regional Office's interns helping to fulfilling NOAA's mission and goals.

A promising and emerging coral restoration technique is being tested in the coastal waters of Hawai‘i for the first time.

A group of NOAA experts and partners have taken on the monumental task of protecting a small Hawaiian atoll from climate change.

Each lesson contains a PowerPoint presentation and a Teacher's Guide PDF file. In some cases, lessons contain other supplementary files that are referred to in the Teacher's Guide. Please note that there is a stand-alone Glossary file containing definitio

The NEMO curriculum has 23 lessons in marine science, biology, chemistry, geology, physics, technology, and marine policy that can be used to support a course or club or prepare a team for a National Ocean Sciences Bowl competition.

Council nominees and members of the Science and Statistical Committees must file a Statement of Financial Interests to fulfill the requirements of the MSA. Learn more about these requirements below.

NOAA Biologist, Dr. Blane Bellerud, shares what it is like to be aboard the R/V Reuben Lasker for the 2021 California Current Ecosystem Survey.

Seabirds are important indicators of ocean conditions.

We focus on science-based conservation by developing effective tools and activities to mitigate threats to Hawaiian monk seal survival.

For the love of whales, team sheds light on the death of a long-known humpback whale.