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Efforts to Protect the Critically Endangered Monk Seal

Monk seals -- the only completely tropical species of seal in the world -- are in...

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 An Extinct Mammal May Have Been Replaced By Today's Sea Cows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

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Smithsonian Scientists Describe a 'New' Fossil Whale

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

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Menopausal Moms: A Mammal Mystery

In honor of Mother's Day, the Citizens of the Sea blog salutes ocean-going mothers...

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Resolve to Protect the Ocean

Happy New Year! We’ve officially hit mid-January, but there is still plenty of...

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Slow Down for Right Whales

Right whales in the North Atlantic are real city slickers. Rather than spend their...

When Did Today’s Whales Get So Big?

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

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Elephant Seals Tussle for Territory

Male northern elephant seals face off on the beach by vocalizing through their...

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5 Simple Things You Can Do for the Ocean

  More than ever, the fate of the ocean is in our hands. To be good...

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Expedition to Excavate a Fossil Whale

My graduate student Jorge and I are departing today for Panama, to excavate a...