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Keeping Exploration Alive With Manned Submersibles
The Ocean Portal was lucky enough to join the Deep Reef Observation Project team in...
October 2015
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Five Questions for Carole Baldwin
Dr. Carole Baldwin never expected to find seven new species of fish among the...
March 2011
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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
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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
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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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The Discovery of Two Extreme Sea Stars
Recently, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History researcher Chris Mah and...
May 2015
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A Voyage of Discovery to Inner Space
The Mars rover Curiosity is sending images back home: glimpses of another world...
August 2012
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A World Adrift: Life in the Sargassum
The open ocean is surprisingly barren to the naked eye. Every now and again you...
May 2012
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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
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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
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Diving for Crabs in the Deep Sea
Last week, Smithsonian research zoologists Dr. Jerry Harasewych and Dr. Martha...
July 2011
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A Sub and a Sea Toad
Have you ever seen a creature so unusual? This fish (22 cm long) is called a...
July 2011