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Smithsonian Paleobiologist Brian Huber

Brian Huber studies fossil organisms known as “forams” to learn about climate...

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Foraminifera on the Seafloor

Dr. Karen Bice studies the foraminifera in ocean sediment to better understand...

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Dugong Feeding

Dugongs, along with manatees, make up a group of marine mammals called sirenians or...

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Lenticulina secans

Lenticulina secans -- this foram lives on the seafloor. This specimen was collected...

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Hantkenina mexicana

Hantkenina mexicana -- a foram with elongated shell chambers that lived between...

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Foraminifera

Microscopic, single-celled organisms called foraminifera have a fossil record that...

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The Whale Graveyard Whodunit

One of the ocean's tiniest organisms often does the most harm. Microscopic algae...