Ocean

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Exhibit Halls

Janet Voight on stage giving a presentation

Janet Voight

A person wearing a virtual reality headset reaches their arms over their head. The background makes it appear as if the person is underwater, with jelly fish, a whale shark and other fish.

Drop in the Ocean

Four people sit in a virtual reality ride. A shark in the foreground, with a space station in the background

VR Transporter at the Field Museum

Press Releases

North entrance to the Field Museum

This newly-discovered blue octopus from the Galápagos Islands could curl up in the palm of your hand

North entrance to the Field Museum

The deeper these octopuses live, the wartier their skin

North entrance to the Field Museum

New species of wood-munching (and kind of phallic-looking) clams found at the bottom of the ocean

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North entrance to the Field Museum

Components of FMNH's Mollusk Collection