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A diver clears the bottom of a cargo ship of specimens.

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Unearthing Information About Invasives From the Bottom of a Cargo Ship

I am once again leaving my familiar world behind and descending into the abyss...

February 2015

Positioned in front of a natural oil seep, this video camera is capturing images of the black oil bubbling up from beneath the sea floor. A light mounted to the frame helps see what is happening in the dark on the sea floor.

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How Oil Feeds the Deep Sea

There can be catastrophic results when a large amount of oil is spilled into the...

November 2014

This queen parrotfish scrapes algae from Caribbean reefs with its parrot-like beak.

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From Despair to Repair: Protecting Parrotfish Can Help Bring Back Caribbean Coral Reefs

Reef biologists over a certain age are haunted by memories of what glorious places...

July 2014

In 2011, storms and lack of ice-cover due to a warmer winter climate resulted in hundreds of seal pups being washed up on the shore of Prince Edward Island. Like many, this young seal faced an uncertain future. See more Nature's Best Photos.

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Ice-Loving Seals and the Loss of Sea Ice

The threat that climate change poses to polar bears has received a lot of...

September 2013

Brian Skerry sits on a 20 foot high underwater tripod to photograph the Aquarius Habitat off Florida.

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Portraits of Planet Ocean – Behind The Photographs

As an assignment photographer, I sometimes feel as though I am living in a vacuum,...

September 2013

Seagrasses are flowering plants that can form dense underwater meadows and are an important shallow water habitat.

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How Coastal Seagrass Feeds the Deep

It is a well-known fact that for animals living in the deep sea, food can be...

February 2013

Gabor Szathmary secures one of the plaster jackets containing a fossil "toothed" mysticete that was excavated on Vancouver Island.

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Whale fossils on the mainland, and into a CT scanner

After a few long days of hard work on the island, we were finally able to excavate...

May 2012

A researcher holds an arm bone from a "toothed" mysticete whale from Vancouver Island.

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Dispatches from the Field: Treacherous stream crossings and a new fossil find

We departed from Port Renfrew on Tuesday morning on the Michelle Diana, a boat...

May 2012

Nick Pyenson points to a skull and skeleton of a fossil whale.

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Excavating a "toothed" baleen whale from Vancouver Island

The whales that we see in today's world can broadly be split into two groups: those...

May 2012

An illustration of a recently discovered species of Monodontid, Bohaskaia monodontoides, and its beluga and narwhale relatives

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Smithsonian Scientists Describe a 'New' Fossil Whale

Monodontids, the group of whales that includes the belugas and narwhals swimming...

March 2012

An illustration of multispecies communities of dugongs from India, Mexico and Florida

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The Discovery of Multispecies Communities of Seacows

Sirenians, or seacows, are a group of marine mammals that include manatees and...

January 2012

Offshore Peru, during the Eocene (~56-34 million years ago), showing two archaeocetes (ancient whales): Ocucajea picklingi and Supayacetus muizon.

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New Archaeocetes from Peru Are the Oldest Fossil Whales from South America

The evolution of whales represents one of the great stories in macroevolution. It's...

September 2011

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Ice-Loving Seals and the Loss of Sea Ice

Portraits of Planet Ocean – Behind The Photographs

How Coastal Seagrass Feeds the Deep

Whale fossils on the mainland, and into a CT scanner

Dispatches from the Field: Treacherous stream crossings and a new fossil find

Excavating a "toothed" baleen whale from Vancouver Island

Smithsonian Scientists Describe a 'New' Fossil Whale

The Discovery of Multispecies Communities of Seacows

New Archaeocetes from Peru Are the Oldest Fossil Whales from South America

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Unearthing Information About Invasives From the Bottom of a Cargo Ship

How Oil Feeds the Deep Sea

From Despair to Repair: Protecting Parrotfish Can Help Bring Back Caribbean Coral Reefs

Ice-Loving Seals and the Loss of Sea Ice

Portraits of Planet Ocean – Behind The Photographs

How Coastal Seagrass Feeds the Deep

Whale fossils on the mainland, and into a CT scanner

Dispatches from the Field: Treacherous stream crossings and a new fossil find

Excavating a "toothed" baleen whale from Vancouver Island

Smithsonian Scientists Describe a 'New' Fossil Whale

The Discovery of Multispecies Communities of Seacows

New Archaeocetes from Peru Are the Oldest Fossil Whales from South America

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