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serrations from sharks on a fossilized whalebone
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Bite Marks From the Past

The markings on this fossilized whalebone are from megalodon (Carcharodon...
A shark tooth embedded in a bone
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A Tooth Left Behind

A Megalodon left behind a piece of itself when it bit into its prey. This is a...
A researcher leans off of a boat to tag a great white shark.
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Collaborator Research

Recent Antarctic expeditions, underwater volcano monitoring, studies of...
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 10:02
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
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
The MV Hanse Explorer
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Aboard the MV Hanse Explorer

Scientists aboard the MV Hanse Explorer have to fit a lot of scientific equipment...
An artist sketches the preserved bones of a specimen in the Smithsonian's collection.
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Flippers, Jawbones, and Blowholes: Marine Specimens Inspire Artists

Rachel Caauwe was one of a dozen artists who spent a recent Saturday sketching...
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...
An archaeologist arranges a deep-sea core.
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Sediment Cores

An archaeologist arranges a deep-sea core from off the coast of Britain. These...
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...
"Barely a room onboard escaped being turned into a part of the sequencing laboratory," wrote Rob Edwards in a blog post about doing genomic sequencing at sea.
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The Trials of Ship-Bound Research

Doing scientific research on a ship isn't always easy. On top of having to live and...
Photographer Brian Skerry walks knee deep in a mangrove in the Bahamas.
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Life in the Field as an Underwater Photographer

Brian Skerry, an award winning photographer for National Geographic, explores the...
Tue, 05/29/2012 - 13:19

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