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Cleaning Bonaire's Beaches
Bonaire, a small Caribbean island just north of Venezuela, is routinely ranked as a...
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Plastic Bag Bans Work
There is a huge amount of plastic trash floating in the ocean, which endangers...
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Preparing a Fossil Whale Specimen
Paleobiologist Mark D. Uhen drills away rock to reveal the fossilized bones of...
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Bones and Teeth of South America's Oldest Fossil Whales
These are fossil remains of archaeocetes, ancient whales, from the Paracas...
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Searching for Fossil Whales in Peru
George Mason University professor Mark D. Uhen and Dr. Matthew Lewin of the...
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Smithsonian Scientists Describe a New Fossil Whale
Monodontids, the group of whales that includes living belugas and narwhals, are...
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Panama Expedition Success
Paeleobiologist Dr. Nicholas Pyenson, Curator of Fossil Marine Mammals for the...
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Ancient Sea Cow Vertebra
A fossil vertebra that a Smithsonian researcher's mother found while prospecting in...
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Cory's Shearwaters Bicker
The largest of the Atlantic shearwaters, Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris borealis)...
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Audubon's Shearwater
One of the smallest shearwaters in the Atlantic, Audubon's Shearwater (Puffinus...
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Red Pharalopes
Red Phalaropes (Phalaropus fulicarius) are a type of sandpiper that have...
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