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How Climate Change is Impacting Shark Mothering
As any mother knows, ensuring the safety of your kids is a tough job. For bull...
July 2018
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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 An Extinct Mammal May Have Been Replaced By Today's Sea Cows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
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Diving into the Sandstorm
Diving can be a wild ride that evokes more than a little trepidation, especially in...
December 2013
Personal Perspectives
Ice-Loving Seals and the Loss of Sea Ice
The threat that climate change poses to polar bears has received a lot of...
September 2013
Personal Perspectives
Smithsonian Scientists Describe a 'New' Fossil Whale
Monodontids, the group of whales that includes the belugas and narwhals swimming...
March 2012
An Ocean of Energy: Bringing Offshore Wind to America
Three miles off the coast of Block Island, a roughly ten square mile haven for...
August 2017
Shark Snapshot - Saving sharks with an underwater photoshoot
Sharks make headlines, but we don’t actually know a whole lot about...
July 2017
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Slow Down for Right Whales
Right whales in the North Atlantic are real city slickers. Rather than spend their...
November 2016
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Upcycled Ocean Plastic
The Possibilities Are Endless For Reuse of Plastic Ocean Trash Today, most...
August 2016
When Did Today’s Whales Get So Big?
More recently than you might think, say scientists who scoured the fossil...
July 2016
Three Ways You Can Use Genomics to Study Oil Spill Impacts
You’ve probably heard of genetics—you can now swab your mouth and use DNA to...
January 2016