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A screenshot from the video "Ideas for Change" showing white ocean illustrations.
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Ideas for Change

"We too are sea creatures," entreats ocean explorer Sylvia Earle in this beautiful...
Fri, 06/07/2013 - 09:12
an old image of the sea coast
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Ocean Acidification in the Puget Sound

Scientists predict that ocean acidification will impact communities around the...
Mon, 02/14/2011 - 15:13
a woman beating a drum
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Celebrating the Raven Spirit Canoe Launch

November is American Indian Heritage Month. Mark the occasion by learning about the...
Mon, 11/01/2010 - 18:08
A screenshot from the video of a carver using traditional tools to shape a canoe.
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Carver Douglas Chilton at Work

Using traditional tools, master carver Douglas Chilton of the Tlingit Nation...
Tue, 10/27/2009 - 11:42
A screenshot of the launch of the Raven Spirit canoe.
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The Official Canoe Launch

At a ceremony on the edge of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., Douglas Chilton...
Tue, 10/27/2009 - 11:27
Fish swim in Cabo Pulmo Marine Reserve off the Baja California peninsula.
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How Laws Around the World Help Improve Ocean Health

Solving environmental problems often starts with small groups of people working to...
April 2018
A map of the early European whaling site at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada
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Archaeologists Investigate an Early Whaling Community

For over a decade, Smithsonian Arctic Archaeologist, William Fitzhugh, has been...
Mon, 09/12/2011 - 12:32
Colorful fishes throng a reef in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
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Bizarre and Beautiful Coral Reef Animals

From parrotfish that cover themselves in a blanket of their own mucus to tiny pygmy...
Fri, 12/04/2009 - 14:05
X-ray image of a winghead shark
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X-Rays of Fish Reveal Diversity

Scientists in the Division of Fishes at the Smithsonian's National Museum of...
Thu, 12/17/2009 - 18:00
Midway Atoll, where these photos were taken, is more than 2,000 miles from the nearest land.
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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem

Laysan albatrosses (Phoebastria immutabilis) are incredible birds. They have a...
Fri, 05/10/2013 - 14:47
A polar bear and its cub in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.
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Celebrating Marine Moms

The ocean is home to many moms of all shapes and sizes: from charismatic polar...
Wed, 04/24/2013 - 17:29
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