Breadcrumb Home Search Showing results for Language Content type Photo (46) Article (23) Video (8) Slideshow (6) Lesson Plan (3) Audio (1) Overview (1) Article Type Personal Perspectives (10) Article (9) Topics (-) Ancient Seas (88) Extinctions (33) At The Museum (17) Marine Mammals (17) Evolution (15) Climate Change (10) Extinctions (8) Sharks & Rays (8) Invertebrates (7) Exploration (4) Temperature & Chemistry (4) The Anthropocene (4) History & Cultures (3) Shifting Baselines (3) The Seafloor (3) Through Time (3) Careers (2) Deep Sea (2) Fishing (2) Ice (2) Plants & Algae (2) Reptiles (2) Seabirds (2) Coral Reefs (1) Fish (1) Food Web (1) Human Connections (1) Microbes (1) Plankton (1) Poles (1) Recreation (1) Seafood (1) Technology (1) Tags Paleobiology (33) Fossils (27) Smithsonian scientists (20) Ancient sea life (18) Whales (17) National Museum of Natural History (14) Scientific illustrations (14) Geologic periods (9) Scientists at work (8) Adaptations (7) Mussels, Oysters & Relatives (7) Climate Change (5) Geology (5) New discoveries (5) Under the microscope (5) Corals (4) Feeding (4) Sharks (4) Smithsonian collections (4) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (4) Chemistry (3) Manatees & Dugongs (3) News (3) Shifting Baselines (3) Technology (3) Algae (2) Arctic (2) Dolphins & Porpoises (2) Endangered species (2) Fisheries (2) Ice (2) Maritime history (2) Native people (2) NOAA (2) Research vessels (2) Seagrass (2) Women in Science (2) Site Search Sort by RelevanceTitle SortAuthored on Order AscDesc Sort By RelevanceA-ZZ-ANewestOldest Article Dispatches from the Field: Treacherous stream crossings and a new fossil find May 2012 Read the Full Article Article The Whale Graveyard Whodunit March 2014 Read the Full Article Article Whale fossils on the mainland, and into a CT scanner May 2012 Read the Full Article Article Excavating a "toothed" baleen whale from Vancouver Island May 2012 Read the Full Article Article Shark Teeth Tell Great White Shark Evolution Story November 2012 Read the Full Article Article Smithsonian Scientists Describe a 'New' Fossil Whale March 2012 Read the Full Article Article Flippers or Feet? An Extinct Mammal May Have Been Replaced By Today's Sea Cows August 2016 Read the Full Article Article What the Megalodon Left Behind July 2018 Read the Full Article Article 4,000 Years of Marine History through the Eyes of a Seabird May 2013 Read the Full Article Article The Discovery of Multispecies Communities of Seacows January 2012 Read the Full Article Article Mystery of An Ichthyosaur Graveyard Revealed December 2022 Read the Full Article Article Form Equals Function for Ancient Sea Lizards and Modern Whales April 2019 Read the Full Article Pagination Previous page Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Current page 7 Page 8 Next page