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The Antarctic minke whale is the only baleen whale found in the icy waters of the Antarctic.
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Antarctic Minke Whale

The elegant Antarctic minke whale feeds on krill (tiny crustaceans) during the...
An artist sketches the preserved bones of a specimen in the Smithsonian's collection.
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Flippers, Jawbones, and Blowholes: Marine Specimens Inspire Artists

Rachel Caauwe was one of a dozen artists who spent a recent Saturday sketching...
Calanus hyperboerus is the preferred food for Bowhead whales.
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Arctic Copepod

This copepod Calanus hyperboreus (up to 7mm in length) lives...
Students from the Dauphin Island Sea Lab delegation plant smooth cord grass in Mobile Bay, Alabama. Their project is addressing the impacts of rising sea levels on critical coastal habitats through both marsh restoration in the Mobile Bay area and educatio
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Dauphin Island Sea Lab Delegation

What can students do to help the ocean? It turns out, a lot! These students from...
Hawaii students studying the ocean and climate teach kids.
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Waikiki Aquarium Delegation

What can students do to help the ocean? It turns out, a lot! These students from...
Students pose in front of an aquarium tank with fish.
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South Carolina Delegation

What can students do to help the ocean? It turns out, a lot! These South Carolina...
Students studying climate change create an electric car.
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Aquarium of the Pacific Delegation

What can students do to help the ocean? It turns out, a lot! These students from...
Students of the Alaska SeaLife Center delegation.
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Alaska SeaLife Center Delegation

What can students do to help the ocean? It turns out, a lot! These students from...
The bowhead whale has a massive, bow-shaped skull.
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Bowhead Whales

The bowhead whale has a massive, bow-shaped skull to break through thick Arctic...
This illustration shows whalers of the early 1800s with their highly profitable catch.
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Whalers in the early 1800s

This illustration shows whalers of the early 1800s with their highly profitable...
A North Atlantic right whale with a deep wound caused by entanglement in fishing gear floats at the surface in the Bay of Fundy.
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Wounded North Atlantic Right Whale

A North Atlantic right whale with a deep wound caused by entanglement in fishing...
This is North Atlantic right whale #3333 who was spotted with fishing gear trailing from his mouth during an aerial survey off the coast of Georgia on January 29, 2008.
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Whale Entanglement

This is North Atlantic right whale #3333 who was spotted with fishing gear trailing...

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