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Between 100 and 65 million years ago, at the time when dinosaurs reigned on land,...

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Building a productive ocean is complicated. The process is long (on the order of...

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Seeing Algae from Space

In November 2004, scientists confirmed an algae bloom off the West Coast of...

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Here is an ammonite, an extinct, shelled cephalopod related to the octopus and...

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What the Megalodon Left Behind

The largest shark ever to exist on this planet, Carcharocles megalodon, could grow...

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How Climate Change is Impacting Shark Mothering

As any mother knows, ensuring the safety of your kids is a tough job. For bull...

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Tagging Sharks with the Smithsonian Movement of Life Initiative

Where do sharks like to hangout? Turns out we largely don’t know. But Smithsonian...

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The Amazing Horseshoe Crab

There’s a lot more to a horseshoe crab than meets the eye. They are not even...

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Ocean Optimism Video - Slow Down For Right Whales

Whaling, beginning in the 1600s, killed thousands of North Atlantic right whales...

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Living on the Edge: Mangroves

Mangroves are the biological buffers between land and sea. Without them,...

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Seagrasses growing on the seafloor of the Chesapeake Bay rely on light to...