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Walter Adey and the NMNH coral reef tank
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The Evolution of a Reef Aquarium

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Master carver Douglas Chilton rides in the Raven Spirit canoe at its ceremonial launch.
Slideshow

Raven Spirit: A Native American Canoe's Journey

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a blue negative of algae
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No Longer Anonymous: Anna Atkins and her Algae

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A walrus sits on top of ice.
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The Cultural Icescapes of the Arctic

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A narwhal breaches the surface, its tusk pointed to the sky
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Why a Tusk? The real-life unicorns of the sea and the tusks that make them famous

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The "Lower Invertebrates" exhibit in Smithsonian Institution Building in 1901 included models of a giant squid and an octopus.
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Still Blue After a Century of Ocean Science and Exploration

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Although in reality an ichthyosaur and plesiosaur would have likely never battled, this widely shared lithograph by artist, geologist and paleontologist Henry De la Beche even inspired author Jules Verne to pen a similar scene in his book, Journey to the C
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Unearthing History: Mary Anning's Hunt for Prehistoric Ocean Giants

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Carrie Bow Cay field station sits in the blue and turquoise waters of Belize.
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A History of the Carrie Bow Cay Station

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a Māori woman in a navy blue fleece holds the skull of a beaked whale
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Tohunga Tohorā’s Intuition Reveals New Whale Species

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