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A Tale of a Right Whale

Suspended at the center of the Sant Ocean Hall is a life-size model of a North...

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X-Ray Image of a Slender Snipe Eel

The elongated body, characteristic long and narrow snout, and small teeth make the...

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Largest Eye in the World, Giant Squid

Giant squid have the largest eye in the animal kingdom. At up to 10 inches in...

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Flippers or Feet? An Extinct Mammal May Have Been Replaced By Today's Sea Cows

In the seagrass beds and kelp forests of the Oligocene-Miocene transition, nearly...

It’s All in the (Jellyfish) Family

With their huge number of venomous stinging cells, jellyfish aren’t very cuddly....