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What the Megalodon Left Behind
The largest shark ever to exist on this planet, Carcharocles megalodon, could grow...
July 2018
Lesson Plan
The Moon Made Me Do It!
Much like rising and setting sun has an impact on life on Earth, the cycle of the...
Tue, 07/10/2018 - 13:03
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Understanding Sea Level Using Real Data
Students will use graphical data to understand changing sea levels and how they...
Fri, 03/19/2010 - 14:07
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The Puzzle of Ice Age Americans
Students describe alternative theories for arrival of first humans to come to...
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 12:19
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The Methane Circus
Students will describe the overall events that occurred during the Cambrian...
Mon, 11/30/2009 - 18:31
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Life of a Coral Reef Fish
To synthesize a lesson on coral reefs, students write first person narratives as...
Mon, 11/30/2009 - 12:33
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Flippers or Feet? An Extinct Mammal May Have Been Replaced By Today's Sea Cows
In the seagrass beds and kelp forests of the Oligocene-Miocene transition, nearly...
August 2016
Personal Perspectives
4,000 Years of Marine History through the Eyes of a Seabird
Most people have never heard of the Hawaiian petrel, an endangered, crow-sized...
May 2013
Personal Perspectives
Smithsonian Scientists Describe a 'New' Fossil Whale
Monodontids, the group of whales that includes the belugas and narwhals swimming...
March 2012
Personal Perspectives
Expedition to Excavate a Fossil Whale
My graduate student Jorge and I are departing today for Panama, to excavate a...
June 2011
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When Life Gives You Lionfish…
It was the summer of 2013, and Phil Karp was staring at a dead lionfish. Earlier,...
July 2017
When Did Today’s Whales Get So Big?
More recently than you might think, say scientists who scoured the fossil...
July 2016