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Smithsonian scientists race the tide the excavate an ancient whale fossil entombed in rock
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Fossil Whale Found, Excavated, Jacketed, and Returned to STRI!

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A large black grouper swims amidst coral.
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Protecting the Most Vulnerable Fish After an Oil Spill

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An unidentified earplug from the National Museum of Natural History collection.
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Whale Earwax: What You Can Learn From Strange Collections

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A tornado of sardines swirls around diver and photographer Erwin Poliakoff in the Philippines.
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Why the Littlest Fish Matter a Whole Lot

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an upside down scuba diver
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Building Good Mussels

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The ribbon worm seen here, Ramphogordius sanguineus, is known to regenerate after losing a part of its body.
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Ribbon Worm Redux

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Red Pigfish and Blue Mao-Mao school at the edge of a cavern in New Zealand's Poor Knights Islands. Read photographer Brian Skerry's story behind this photo.
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Behind the Photo: The Primal Ocean

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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 blue negative of algae
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No Longer Anonymous: Anna Atkins and her Algae

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a red snapper's ear stone in the palm of someone's hand
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The Bone that Logs a Lifetime

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scientist Drew-Baker reads a book by her microscope
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Saving Nori

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An orange sunset over the ocean.
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What’s the Ocean Worth...in Dollars?

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