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A boat full of SCOPE drifters waits to release small, biodegradable buoys that will travel throughout the Gulf of Mexico and send GPS coordinates to researchers.

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SCOPE Buoys Help Track Oil

A boat full of SCOPE drifters waits to release small, biodegradable buoys that will...

Pink dye was released by CARTHE researchers on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and its movement tracked using underwater sensors, two small drones, a helicopter and a kite.

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How Does Seawater Move?

Pink dye was released along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico by CARTHE researchers...

Drifters deployed into the Gulf of Mexico sent location information back to scientists through a GPS satellite. Some of the 5.7 million data points about the drifters locations are seen in this map of the Gulf.

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Tracking CARTHE Drifters

Drifters deployed into the Gulf of Mexico sent location information back to...

Smithsonian researchers with fossil whale skulls from the group Monodontidae

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Smithsonian Scientists Describe a New Fossil Whale

Monodontids, the group of whales that includes living belugas and narwhals, are...

Paleobiologist Mark D. Uhen drills away rock to reveal the fossilized bones of Peruvian archaeocetes (ancient whales), in the Vertebrate Paleontology Department at the Museo de Historia Natural de San Marcos. Uhen is a professor at George Mason Univer

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Preparing a Fossil Whale Specimen

Paleobiologist Mark D. Uhen drills away rock to reveal the fossilized bones of...

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Bones and Teeth of South America's Oldest Fossil Whales

These are fossil remains of archaeocetes, ancient whales, from the Paracas...

Two researchers, looking for fossil whales, scan a rock formation in Peru's Pisco Basin.

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Searching for Fossil Whales in Peru

George Mason University professor Mark D. Uhen and Dr. Matthew Lewin of the...

A Smithsonian scientist with a whale fossil he excavated

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Panama Expedition Success

Paeleobiologist Dr. Nicholas Pyenson, Curator of Fossil Marine Mammals for the...

a squalodontid skull is dislodged after a plaster jacket is applied

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Dislodging the Fossil

Paeleobiologist Dr. Nicholas Pyenson, Curator of Fossil Marine Mammals for the...

Smithsonian scientists apply a plaster bandage cap to a block of rock containing fossils

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Securing the Fossil

Paeleobiologist Dr. Nicholas Pyenson, Curator of Fossil Marine Mammals for the...

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Ancient Sea Cow Vertebra

A fossil vertebra that a Smithsonian researcher's mother found while prospecting in...

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...

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How Does Seawater Move?

Tracking CARTHE Drifters

Smithsonian Scientists Describe a New Fossil Whale

Preparing a Fossil Whale Specimen

Bones and Teeth of South America's Oldest Fossil Whales

Searching for Fossil Whales in Peru

Panama Expedition Success

Dislodging the Fossil

Securing the Fossil

Ancient Sea Cow Vertebra

Flippers, Jawbones, and Blowholes: Marine Specimens Inspire Artists

Smithsonian Ocean

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SCOPE Buoys Help Track Oil

How Does Seawater Move?

Tracking CARTHE Drifters

Smithsonian Scientists Describe a New Fossil Whale

Preparing a Fossil Whale Specimen

Bones and Teeth of South America's Oldest Fossil Whales

Searching for Fossil Whales in Peru

Panama Expedition Success

Dislodging the Fossil

Securing the Fossil

Ancient Sea Cow Vertebra

Flippers, Jawbones, and Blowholes: Marine Specimens Inspire Artists

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