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an elephant seal with a tracker
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Elephant Seal with Tracker

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Smithsonian researchers eat a meal in preparation for a fossil excavation
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A Squalodontid Success

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A humpback whale breaching in Antarctic waters.
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Humpback Whales in Antarctica: What Are the Whales Doing?

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The Charles W. Morgan tallship
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History and Modern Science Collide for the 38th Voyage of the Charles W. Morgan

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Sea lions generate thrust, or forward propulsion, by bringing their fore-flippers together in big sweeping motions called “claps.”  When a sea lion “claps,” it stretches its flippers out to the sides and sweeps them down. Then it tucks its flippe
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How Do Sea Lions Swim?

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Two killer whales.
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How Drones in the Sky Unlock Secrets of the Sea

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A beaked whale at the ocean's surface
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Seeing with Sound: Acoustic monitoring of beaked whales

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Gabor Szathmary secures one of the plaster jackets containing a fossil "toothed" mysticete that was excavated on Vancouver Island.
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Whale fossils on the mainland, and into a CT scanner

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Giant Pacific Manta Ray, Roca Partida Sea Mount, Revillagigedos Islands, Mexico
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Tagging and Tracking Animals Underwater

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Screenshot from "The Whale Acoustic Lab" video showing the side view of a whale underwater.
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The Whale Acoustic Lab

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Phoenix swimming with her calf.
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Scientists Use Bioacoustics to Protect Marine Mammals

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