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If You Build An Ocean, Sea Monsters Will Come

Building a productive ocean is complicated. The process is long (on the order of...

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Evolution of Whales Animation

Whales have existed for millions of years. Watch this animation, from the Sant...

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Biodiversity in the Baltic Sea

In the spring of 2011, a research crew from Oceana spent two months in the...

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The First Filter Feeder

Today, filter feeders like clams, sponges, krill, baleen whales, fishes, and many...

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Ancient Entoproct Community

For a long time, scientists thought that some small tentacled fossils were early...

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Early Whale with Webbed Feet

This early whale was well suited to life at sea. But it also may have spent time on...

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The Design of a Beautiful Weapon

This summer, many of you have likely enjoyed feasting on crabs, be they blue,...

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Claws Out: Fiddler Crabs Do Battle

Male fiddler crabs each have a single super-sized claw that they use as a weapon to...

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Dispatches from the Field: Treacherous stream crossings and a new fossil find

We departed from Port Renfrew on Tuesday morning on the Michelle Diana, a boat...

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Excavating a "toothed" baleen whale from Vancouver Island

The whales that we see in today's world can broadly be split into two groups: those...

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Multispecies Communities of Seacows

Sirenians, or seacows, are a group of marine mammals that include manatees and...

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A Striped Deep Sea Worm

In Antarctica's Southern Ocean swims a beautiful polychaete (bristly worm) called...