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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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Success Stories in Ocean Conservation

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

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Cambrian Period (542 – 488 Million Years Ago)

The basic body plans of all modern animals were set during the Cambrian Period, 542...

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Ediacaran Community, Proterozoic Eon (2,500 - 542 Million Years Ago)

Earth’s first animals had soft bodies. This illustration shows a community of...

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Marine Sanctuary Map

The United States has a network of protected areas in the waters off our coasts....

Lesson Plan

Is Climate Change Good For Us?

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

Personal Perspectives

Ribbon Worm Redux

Even on an early winter morning, it was sunny and warm in southern Florida. This...

Personal Perspectives

Dispatches from the Field: Treacherous stream crossings and a new fossil find

We departed from Port Renfrew on Tuesday morning on the Michelle Diana, a boat...

Personal Perspectives

Excavating a "toothed" baleen whale from Vancouver Island

The whales that we see in today's world can broadly be split into two groups: those...

A Microscopic Identity Crisis

Using DNA to identify larval species in the Gulf Stream Unseen by the human eye,...

Three Ways You Can Use Genomics to Study Oil Spill Impacts

You’ve probably heard of genetics—you can now swab your mouth and use DNA to...

Shark Teeth Tell Great White Shark Evolution Story

For the last 150 years, paleontologists have debated the origins of the great white...