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Foraminifera on the Seafloor
Dr. Karen Bice studies the foraminifera in ocean sediment to better understand...
Fri, 03/26/2010 - 12:01
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A Squalodontid Success
On a beach in Piña, Panama the tide is rolling out. Faint outlines of skeletal...
Wed, 06/22/2011 - 17:47
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Dugong Feeding
Dugongs, along with manatees, make up a group of marine mammals called sirenians or...
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Launching a Box Corer
To learn more about the creatures living on the Arctic seafloor, scientists use a...
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Unearthing History: Mary Anning's Hunt for Prehistoric Ocean Giants
You may not have realized it, but you’ve been acquainted with Mary Anning since...
March 2016
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The Whale Graveyard Whodunit
One of the ocean's tiniest organisms often does the most harm. Microscopic algae...
March 2014
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The Digsite at Cerro Ballena
Chilean and Smithsonian paleontologists study several fossil whale skeletons at...
Personal Perspectives
Whale fossils on the mainland, and into a CT scanner
After a few long days of hard work on the island, we were finally able to excavate...
May 2012
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...
May 2012
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...
May 2012
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Illustration of a New Fossil Whale, Bohaskaia monodontoides
A reconstruction of a new fossil beluga relative, Bohaskaia monodontoides,...
Personal Perspectives
Fossil Whale Found, Excavated, Jacketed, and Returned to STRI!
Jorge and I packed up the night we arrived in Panama with Aaron O'Dea and his team...
June 2011