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Smithsonian Scientists Dig a Trench Around a squalodontid Skull
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Expedition to Excavate a Fossil Whale

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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

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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

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Nick Pyenson points to a skull and skeleton of a fossil whale.
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Excavating a "toothed" baleen whale from Vancouver Island

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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

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A hippopotamus-like creature swims underwater
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Flippers or Feet? An Extinct Mammal May Have Been Replaced By Today's Sea Cows

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Smithsonian researchers eat a meal in preparation for a fossil excavation
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At STRI, No Whales Yet, But There Are Fossil Sea Cows...

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A drawing of Phoenix from the North Atlantic Right Whale Catalog documents her callosity pattern and other identifying marks.
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Who’s That Whale?

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Human activity is increasing in the Arctic marine environment due to climate change. To help the most vulnerable areas, the Global Marine Program of IUCN, along with partners, is convening a series of workshops aimed at enhancing ecosystem-based management and identifying biologically or ecologically important or vulnerable habitats. Burgerbukta, a bay in Svalbard, Norway, is being managed for ecosystem protection.
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The Sant Ocean Hall: Life at the Poles Exhibit

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Fossil Whale Digsite at Cerro Ballena, Chile
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The Whale Graveyard Whodunit

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An unidentified earplug from the National Museum of Natural History collection.
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Ocean Objects of Wonder

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Smithsonian scientists race the tide the excavate an ancient whale fossil entombed in rock
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Fossil Whale Found, Excavated, Jacketed, and Returned to STRI!

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