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The First Filter Feeder
Today, filter feeders like clams, sponges, krill, baleen whales, fishes, and many...
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Mangrove Island Clear-Cut for Tourism
This mangrove island in the Pelican Cays, Belize, was clear-cut and filled with...
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Description of Smithsonian Field Stations
These Smithsonian field stations enable scientists worldwide to conduct long-term...
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Mangroves Range
A map that shows the location of mangroves throughout the world. They are mainly...
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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 An Extinct Mammal May Have Been Replaced By Today's Sea Cows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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The Whale Graveyard Whodunit
One of the ocean's tiniest organisms often does the most harm. Microscopic algae...
March 2014

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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

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Eocene Whales and Penguins Off the Coast of Peru
Offshore Peru, during the Eocene (~56-34 million years ago), showing three...
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Expedition to Excavate a Fossil Whale
My graduate student Jorge and I are departing today for Panama, to excavate a...
June 2011

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Former Mangrove Forest
This shrimp farm in southern Belize is just one example of how mangroves worldwide...
When Did Today’s Whales Get So Big?
More recently than you might think, say scientists who scoured the fossil...
July 2016

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Smithsonian Research Stations
Smithsonian scientists and their colleagues are investigating important questions...
November 2009