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World Ocean Day 2011 'Splash' Mob

It was a typical summer day in the Sant Ocean Hall at the National Museum of...

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Success Stories in Ocean Conservation

It is easy to feel hopeless when reading the news coverage of ocean conservation....

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New Guinea Birds

After leaving Australia, Dampier and his men reached the western coast of New...

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Privateer definition

A privateer was a seaman with a license from his country's government to attack...

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Is Climate Change Good For Us?

In this activity students are encouraged to consider how climate change could...

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Puffin with a Mouthful of Fish

An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) carries many sandlances (Ammodytidae) in...

Saving Albatross Lives with Bird Scaring Lines

Soaring high above the open Southern Ocean, a snowy, white wandering albatross...

How the Puffin Returned to Eastern Egg Rock

In 1969, 23-year-old Stephen Kress sat in a library on Hog Island, where he taught...

The Sant Ocean Hall: Life at the Poles Exhibit

Most of you know that the Earth’s poles are cold. But did you know that there are...