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Scientists remove remove the whale fossil plaster jacket from the r
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Excavating the Fossil

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A square of interwoven sticks and cowrie shells
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Navigating the Waters with Micronesian Stick Charts

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Magellanic penguin parents typically lay two eggs under a bush or in a burrow, taking turns swimming out to sea to catch food for their chicks.
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Penguin Health Equals Ocean Health

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Smithsonian researchers with fossil whale skulls from the group Monodontidae
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Smithsonian Scientists Describe a New Fossil Whale

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Two sea lions playing
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Playful Sea Lions

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a squalodontid skull is dislodged after a plaster jacket is applied
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Dislodging the Fossil

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Complete Fish Skeleton Discovered by Smithsonian Scientists in Panama
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Fish Skeleton Discovery

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Puffin in Flight, Pribilof Islands Alaska
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Puffin in Flight

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A diver cares for the reef by cleaning up discarded fishing gear and garbage.
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Diver Cleaning Up Reef

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Sunset over a fishing net.
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Technology and Sea Turtles

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A photo of a beach with a heart inscribed in the sand.
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Your Ocean Poems

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Smithsonian Scientists Dig a Trench Around a squalodontid Skull
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Digging a Trench

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