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400 to 1,000 year old bones from an endangered seabird, the Hawaiian petrel. Bones such as these provide a window into the lives of seabirds before and after human arrival in the open ocean environments of the North Pacific.

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Petrel Bones Help Us Understand History

400 to 1,000 year old bones from an endangered seabird, the Hawaiian petrel. Bones...

The robotic arm of the ROV Quest finds life at an undersea vent.

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Studying Hydrothermal Vent Life

Census researchers manipulate the robotic arm of the remotely operated vehicle...

Dr. Stephen Cairns, a Smithsonian research zoologist, studies deep-water corals.

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Dr. Stephen Cairns

Dr. Stephen Cairns is a research zoologist and chair of the Department of...

A student helps deploy one of his school's adopted drifters for NOAA's Adopt a Drifter Program.

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NOAA's Adopt a Drifter Program

NOAA is working with students across the globe to place floating buoys throughout...