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A school of mahi mahi.
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From Larvae to Adults – Finding Impacts of an Oil Spill on Mahi-Mahi

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image of the earth with labels for the atmospheric gases
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Webcast: 'We Sea Change,' a Climate Change Education Video

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

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Smithsonian scientists apply a plaster bandage cap to a block of rock containing fossils
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Securing the Fossil

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Offshore Peru, during the Eocene (~56-34 million years ago), showing two archaeocetes (ancient whales): Ocucajea picklingi and Supayacetus muizon.
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New Archaeocetes from Peru Are the Oldest Fossil Whales from South America

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an orange coral at the bottom of the ocean
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A Fantastic Journey: From the Seafloor to the Museum Collection

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Black and white image of the Western Flyer boat at dock.
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Bringing the Western Flyer, and History, Back to Life

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Relatively slow moving, juvenile plane-head filefish Monacanthus hispidus (Monacanthidae) travel along with the algae. They pick off and eat small animals as they move around in the rotating sargassum ball. Adult filefish only grow to be about 11
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A World Adrift: Life in the Sargassum

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Hurricane Katrina
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Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones

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