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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 An Extinct Mammal May Have Been Replaced By Today's Sea Cows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

In 2011, storms and lack of ice-cover due to a warmer winter climate resulted in hundreds of seal pups being washed up on the shore of Prince Edward Island. Like many, this young seal faced an uncertain future. See more Nature's Best Photos.

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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

A researcher holds an arm bone from a "toothed" mysticete whale from Vancouver Island.

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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

Nick Pyenson points to a skull and skeleton of a fossil whale.

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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

An illustration of a recently discovered species of Monodontid, Bohaskaia monodontoides, and its beluga and narwhale relatives

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Smithsonian Scientists Describe a 'New' Fossil Whale

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

March 2012

North Atlantic right whales and ocean-going vessels often cross paths.

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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

Two skulls belonging to extinct marine mammal herbivores used in the new study, both from the Smithsonian’s collections.

When Did Today’s Whales Get So Big?

More recently than you might think, say scientists who scoured the fossil...

July 2016

Human activity is increasing in the Arctic marine environment due to climate change. To help the most vulnerable areas, the Global Marine Program of IUCN, along with partners, is convening a series of workshops aimed at enhancing ecosystem-based management and identifying biologically or ecologically important or vulnerable habitats. Burgerbukta, a bay in Svalbard, Norway, is being managed for ecosystem protection.

The Sant Ocean Hall: Life at the Poles Exhibit

Most of you know that the Earth’s poles are cold. But did you know that there are...

September 2011

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Flippers or Feet? An Extinct Mammal May Have Been Replaced By Today's Sea Cows

Ice-Loving Seals and the Loss of Sea Ice

Dispatches from the Field: Treacherous stream crossings and a new fossil find

Excavating a "toothed" baleen whale from Vancouver Island

Smithsonian Scientists Describe a 'New' Fossil Whale

Slow Down for Right Whales

When Did Today’s Whales Get So Big?

The Sant Ocean Hall: Life at the Poles Exhibit

Smithsonian Ocean

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Flippers or Feet? An Extinct Mammal May Have Been Replaced By Today's Sea Cows

Ice-Loving Seals and the Loss of Sea Ice

Dispatches from the Field: Treacherous stream crossings and a new fossil find

Excavating a "toothed" baleen whale from Vancouver Island

Smithsonian Scientists Describe a 'New' Fossil Whale

Slow Down for Right Whales

When Did Today’s Whales Get So Big?

The Sant Ocean Hall: Life at the Poles Exhibit

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