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A screenshot from the video showing a large marlin sculpture made of ocean plastic.
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The Making of a Marlin

Watch how a group of 9 staff members and 487 volunteers from Washed Ashore, a...
Wed, 08/12/2015 - 09:44
A screenshot from the video showing collection of nets.
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Turning Nets Into Carpet

There are many plastic nets floating in the world's ocean. Some of them were lost...
Fri, 04/06/2018 - 09:45
A screenshot from the video showing illustration of penguins on ice.
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Penguins: Popularity, Peril and Poop

Penguins are odd birds. For one, they cannot fly (but they are amazing swimmers),...
Fri, 08/11/2017 - 09:34
A screenshot from the video showing a school of swimming fish.
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Bite Size: Bull Shark Predation of Tarpon

Follow a journey with satellite tags placed on bull sharks and tarpon. Both of...
Wed, 12/16/2015 - 09:38
derelict fishing nets
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Recycled Fishing Gear Converted into Energy

Instead of adding castaway fishing nets to already crowded landfills, Hawaii’s...
Wed, 06/11/2014 - 15:44
Screenshot of "Investigating Nutrient Pollution's Impact on Mangroves" showing a boat heading into the mangroves.
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Investigating Nutrient Pollution's Impact on Mangroves

At Carrie Bow Cay in Belize, Dr. Candy Feller explains her research on the effect...
Thu, 03/08/2018 - 09:43
The Peninsula Valdes in Argentina was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1999. The site is home to important breeding populations of the endangered southern right whale (Eubalaena australis), southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), and southern sea
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Marine World Heritage Photo Gallery

Marine World Heritage is a prestigious list of 43 marine ecosystems and...
Tue, 11/09/2010 - 11:54
A researcher leans off of a boat to tag a great white shark.
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Collaborator Research

Recent Antarctic expeditions, underwater volcano monitoring, studies of...
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 10:02
Smithsonian researchers eat a meal in preparation for a fossil excavation
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A Squalodontid Success

On a beach in PiƱa, Panama the tide is rolling out. Faint outlines of skeletal...
Wed, 06/22/2011 - 17:47
An artistic rendering of an ocean landscape as it may have looked during the Archean Eon.
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The Ocean Throughout Geologic Time, An Image Gallery

Evidence shows that life probably began in the ocean at least 3.5 billion years...
Tue, 09/20/2011 - 15:30
Color illustration of an ancient bivalve.
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Rudist Reefs

About 100 million years ago, during the heyday of the dinosaurs, reefs were built...
Fri, 12/04/2009 - 14:25
A rendering of an underwater marine scene from the Cambrian Period, featuring an arthropod, annelids, and other animals.
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A Collection of Cambrian Fossils

When you're standing in a museum surrounded by fossils, you can almost imagine...
Tue, 10/01/2013 - 10:03

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