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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 An Extinct Mammal May Have Been Replaced By Today's Sea Cows

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a black and white photo of a woman holding a glass award
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Dr. Marian Pettibone, A Woman of Firsts

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Students from Veracruz, Mexico, are working with the Veracruz Aquarium and their local community to learn about the perception of climate change among the youth population in Veracruz.
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Veracruz Aquarium Delegation

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Students pose in the mouth of a giant model of a shark.
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Texas State Aquarium Delegation

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An image of collections storage at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
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Smithsonian Fish Collections

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A life-size, meticulously detailed model of the North Atlantic right whale Phoenix hangs in the Smithsonian’s Sant Ocean Hall in the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC.
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Model of Phoenix

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Carole Baldwin holding a preserved fish in a jar.
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Podcast: Dr. Carole Baldwin on Building the Sant Ocean Hall

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Elizabeth Munsteen wears a hardhat in the Ocean Hall while under construction.
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Podcast: Elizabeth Munsteen on Building the Ocean Hall

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A researcher takes notes at the site of an ancient shipwreck recently discovered in Mazotas, Cyprus. The ship went down in the 4th century B.C. loaded with expensive and sought-after wine from Greece.
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Cyprus Shipwreck Discovery

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Michael Vecchione sitting in a lab.
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Podcast: Dr. Michael Vecchione on Building the Sant Ocean Hall

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grains of sand collected from Orient Point, Long Island, NY
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Sand from Orient Point, Long Island, New York

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This map shows the localities represented by the Gulf of Mexico collection of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History.
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Map of Gulf of Mexico Collection

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