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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...

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A Squalodontid Success

On a beach in Piña, Panama the tide is rolling out. Faint outlines of skeletal...

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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...

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Rudist Reefs

About 100 million years ago, during the heyday of the dinosaurs, reefs were built...

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A Collection of Cambrian Fossils

When you're standing in a museum surrounded by fossils, you can almost imagine...