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Sea otters floating on the surface of the ocean.
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Not Just Another Fuzzy Face

Who hasn’t grinned at the sight of a sea otter floating on its back while...
May 2017
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 An Extinct Mammal May Have Been Replaced By Today's Sea Cows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
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
A beaked whale at the ocean's surface
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Seeing with Sound: Acoustic monitoring of beaked whales

When compared to dolphins and large baleen whales, beaked whales lose a bit of the...
November 2017
A manatee swims in Crystal River, Florida.

From Mermaids to Manatees: the Myth and the Reality

In centuries past, the ocean was thought to be full of krakens, sea serpents, sea...
March 2014

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