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![After ocean scientists sort deep-sea coral samples into their different types, they measure and photograph the specimens.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/photographing_specimens_full.jpg.webp?itok=2kHGgZkN)
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Studying Deep-Sea Corals
What happens to deep-sea coral samples after they are collected? In this image......![Smithsonian researchers eat a meal in preparation for a fossil excavation](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/Team_Breakfast_Pyenson_small.jpg.webp?itok=HD1SScLI)
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A Squalodontid Success
On a beach in Piña, Panama the tide is rolling out. Faint outlines of skeletal......![Squalicorax shark fossil from the Smithsonian](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/squalicorax.jpg.webp?itok=UCQGDqIL)
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Squalicorax Shark Fossil
During the late Cretaceous period, Kansas was covered by a vast sea. There,......![Bright bubblegum coral sits on a brown, hard substrate.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_large/public/2023-11/july21-hires.jpg.webp?itok=8sPpCHMh)
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Optimism in the Deep Sea - Connecting Corals, Museums, and Ocean Managers
The deep-sea is a treasure trove of resources. Diverse ecosystems cozy up next to......
June 2020
![a painting of a ship on a plate of baleen](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/LArgePlate.jpg.webp?itok=hf0DHXtA)
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A Ship Portrait on Baleen
A painting of a whaling ship on a plate of baleen. ......![a painting of a ship on a plate of baleen](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_large/public/2023-11/LArgePlate.jpg.webp?itok=ctrnvGf5)
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The Story of Stashed Whale Baleen
In 2012, John Ososky, a specimen preparator at the Smithsonian’s National Museum......
September 2019
![The Sant Ocean Hall is the National Museum of Natural History's largest exhibit, providing visitors with a unique and breathtaking introduction to the majesty of the ocean](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_large/public/2023-11/Smithsonian_Sant_Ocean_Hall.jpg.webp?itok=afUJCpts)
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The Sant Ocean Hall Turns Ten
The ocean is essential to all life, and covers 71 percent of the Earth’s surface.......
September 2018
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What the Megalodon Left Behind
The largest shark ever to exist on this planet, Carcharocles megalodon, could grow......
July 2018