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Archaeologists Investigate an Early Whaling Community

For over a decade, Smithsonian Arctic Archaeologist, William Fitzhugh, has been...

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Underwater Archaeology

Geo-archaeologist Jean-Daniel Stanley studies ancient settlements submerged near...

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The Evolution of a Reef Aquarium

In the late 1970s, Walter Adey, a paleobiologist and coral reef researcher at the...

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Unearthing History: Mary Anning's Hunt for Prehistoric Ocean Giants

You may not have realized it, but you’ve been acquainted with Mary Anning since...

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Charles Darwin's Ocean Upwelling

Charles Darwin is so well known he almost needs no introduction. The 19th-century...

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Ocean Sampling Day – Taking the Pulse of the World’s Oceans

If you are a bird watcher you have probably heard of the Christmas Bird Count. The...

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The Cultural Icescapes of the Arctic

Sea ice is typically viewed as the domain of physical and natural scientists, the...

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One Hundred Names for Sea Ice

To people living in warm climates, all ice looks the same. But if you live day-in...

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Ocean Trash: Marine Debris From Shore to Sea

We drove down a long dirt road on the northern side of Curaçao looking for a...

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Seafood for Thought

Sunday, November 21 marks World Fisheries Day, an annual occasion observed in many...

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William Dampier - The Pirate Who Collected Plants

Today you can just hop on a plane and be on another continent within a day's time....

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Why a Tusk? The real-life unicorns of the sea and the tusks that make them famous

In the frigid Arctic Ocean, a mysterious toothed whale—the narwhal— resides...