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Coral Reefs Changing Over Time
How do we know what coral reefs looked like hundreds of years ago? Often times, we...
July 2010
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Smithsonian Paleobiologist Brian Huber
Brian Huber studies fossil organisms known as “forams” to learn about climate...
July 2010
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Evolution of Whales Animation
Whales have existed for million of years. Watch this animation, from the Sant Ocean...
July 2010
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A Squalodontid Success
On a beach in Piña, Panama the tide is rolling out. Faint outlines of skeletal...
July 2010
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Rudist Reefs
About 100 million years ago, during the heyday of the dinosaurs, reefs were built...
July 2010
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The First Filter Feeder
Today, filter feeders like clams, sponges, krill, baleen whales, fishes, and many...
July 2010
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Ancient Entoproct Community
For a long time, scientists thought that some small tentacled fossils were early...
July 2010
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Fossil Jellyfish
How long have jellyfish lived in the ocean? This jellyfish fossil is from the...
July 2010
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Smithsonian Scientists Describe a New Fossil Whale
Monodontids, the group of whales that includes living belugas and narwhals, are...
July 2010
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Exploring Chile's Marine Fossil Record in the Atacama Desert
Smithsonian curator of fossil marine mammals Nick Pyenson and a team of...
July 2010
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A Mississippian Marine Habitat (359 - 318 Million Years Ago)
Crinoids (echinoderms related to sea stars and sea urchins) dominate the Paleozoic...
July 2010