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Illustration of Robotic Glider Evading Fishing Nets
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Robotic Ocean Explorer

 This is the world’s first unmanned, underwater robot—or “glider”—to cross...
Wed, 12/08/2010 - 12:08
Smithsonian researchers eat a meal in preparation for a fossil excavation
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A Squalodontid Success

 On a beach in Piña, Panama the tide is rolling out. Faint outlines of skeletal...
Wed, 06/22/2011 - 17:47
a squalodontid skull is dislodged after a plaster jacket is applied
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Dislodging the Fossil

 Paeleobiologist Dr. Nicholas Pyenson, Curator of Fossil Marine Mammals for the...
Smithsonian scientists apply a plaster bandage cap to a block of rock containing fossils
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Securing the Fossil

 Paeleobiologist Dr. Nicholas Pyenson, Curator of Fossil Marine Mammals for the...
The arrows show the direction of ocean currents recorded by William Dampier while crossing “La Grande Mer du Sud”—the Pacific Ocean.
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Pacific Ocean Currents

 The arrows show the direction of ocean currents recorded by William Dampier while...
Researcher Aimee Ellison tests samples for DNA barcoding at the Gump Field Station on Moorea.
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Testing DNA samples

 Researcher Aimee Ellison tests samples for DNA barcoding at the Gump Field Station...