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Dr. Jan Backman, Marine Geologist
Drilling near the North Pole, Dr. Jan Backman reveals a brief moment in time when...
Fri, 03/26/2010 - 13:03

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Squalicorax Shark Fossil
During the late Cretaceous period, Kansas was covered by a vast sea. There,...
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The Ancient Shark Falcatus falcatus
The foot-long extinct shark Falcatus falcatus lived during the early Carboniferous...
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Sediment Core Close-Up
These deep-sea sediment cores were drilled from beneath the seafloor, and hold...
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Fossil Forams and the Scientific Process
Students use foram “bio cards” to read and interpret authentic scientific data...
Mon, 03/15/2010 - 15:03

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Flippers or Feet? An Extinct Mammal May Have Been Replaced By Today's Sea Cows
In the seagrass beds and kelp forests of the Oligocene-Miocene transition, nearly...
August 2016

Personal Perspectives
Smithsonian Scientists Describe a 'New' Fossil Whale
Monodontids, the group of whales that includes the belugas and narwhals swimming...
March 2012

When Did Today’s Whales Get So Big?
More recently than you might think, say scientists who scoured the fossil...
July 2016