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Navigating the Waters with Micronesian Stick Charts
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Corals to Communication: Nancy Knowlton’s Success Focusing on the Imminent
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Nimble Fingers: the Women Behind Maine’s Canneries
![a Māori woman in a navy blue fleece holds the skull of a beaked whale](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/Ramari3_CreditTanyaCumberland.jpg.webp?itok=OzBaDvVM)
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Tohunga Tohorā’s Intuition Reveals New Whale Species
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Dr. Marian Pettibone, A Woman of Firsts
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No Longer Anonymous: Anna Atkins and her Algae
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The Bay of Opportunity and Hope
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Bowhead Whale: One Species at a Time
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From Mermen to Architeuthis, Our Fascination with the Giant Squid
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Pirates of the Golden Age
![As soon as Dampier set foot in Australia, he began making observations and collecting specimens of plants, which he carefully pressed between the pages of books to be studied by the “ingenious” and “curious” upon his return to England. As Dampier conducted his investigations, his artist made detailed sketches like these.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/slide2_0.jpg.webp?itok=pTHdtxWE)
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Discoveries in Australia and New Guinea
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Prints from Ernst Haeckel
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