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What the Megalodon Left Behind

The largest shark ever to exist on this planet, Carcharocles megalodon, could grow...
July 2018
a fur seal
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The Wandering Fur Seal

During the winter and spring months, tagged fur seals migrate thousands of miles in...
Fri, 01/14/2011 - 14:03
a ship in an icy landscape
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Arctic Exploration

New technology is making it possible for scientists to go where they’ve never...
Fri, 01/14/2011 - 13:45
A photo of Oceana's ice class research vessel, the Hanse Explorer, on the Baltic Sea.
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Biodiversity in the Baltic Sea

In the spring of 2011, a research crew from Oceana spent two months in the...
Wed, 10/12/2011 - 16:56
Photograph of the model of a Giant Megatooth Shark, taken from the front..
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Shark Ancestors

Long before great white sharks appeared, much larger ancestors roamed the ocean....
Thu, 12/17/2009 - 17:55
A team of scientists explore the Arctic ocean.
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Under Arctic Ice

Hidden beneath Arctic ice is a world few have ever seen. Take the icy plunge with a...
Tue, 01/04/2011 - 14:48
A dive tender monitors divers below the ice.
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US Coast Guard Cutter HEALY

A dive tender monitors the line connected to ice divers studying creatures living...
Walruses use sea ice as platforms on which to nurse their young and launch their dives.
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Walrus Rests on Ice

Walruses use sea ice as platforms on which to nurse their young and launch their...
A manta ray meets a diver face-to-face near San Benedicto, Mexico.
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Diver Meets Manta Ray

Manta rays are related to sharks, but have quite a different reputation among...
Great White Sharks are powerful swimmers, capable of going 50 kph/35 mph.
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Built for Speed

Great White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) are powerful swimmers, capable of going...
Follow Omoo, a Great White Shark, at she swims across the Pacific.
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TOPP cartoon of Omoo

Omoo, a Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias), carries a satellite tag that...
Karen Romano Young's 19th AntarcticLog comic
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Comics at Sea: An Antarctic Logbook

For five years, I've had a photograph of Palmer Station, Antarctica, tacked up over...
February 2018

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