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The Peninsula Valdes in Argentina was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1999. The site is home to important breeding populations of the endangered southern right whale (Eubalaena australis), southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), and southern sea
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Marine World Heritage Photo Gallery

Marine World Heritage is a prestigious list of 43 marine ecosystems and...
Tue, 11/09/2010 - 11:54
A hippopotamus-like creature swims underwater
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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 An Extinct Mammal May Have Been Replaced By Today's Sea Cows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
Fossil Whale Digsite at Cerro Ballena, Chile
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The Whale Graveyard Whodunit

One of the ocean's tiniest organisms often does the most harm. Microscopic algae...
March 2014
An illustration of multispecies communities of dugongs from India, Mexico and Florida
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The Discovery of Multispecies Communities of Seacows

Sirenians, or seacows, are a group of marine mammals that include manatees and...
January 2012
Smithsonian researchers eat a meal in preparation for a fossil excavation
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At STRI, No Whales Yet, But There Are Fossil Sea Cows...

Jorge and I arrived in Panama City around 3 pm this afternoon, and took a taxi to...
June 2011

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