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A shrimp boat fishes in the Gulf of Mexico
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Live Stream Event: Dispatches From the Gulf

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Smithsonian Scientists Dig a Trench Around a squalodontid Skull
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Expedition to Excavate a Fossil Whale

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Colorful fireworks go off over the water.
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From Sea to Shining Sea

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a gray whale pokes its head above the sea surface
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Atlantic Gray Whales: Past, Present, and Future

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Narwhals with their long unicorn-like tusks.
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Native Knowledge of the Narwhal

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Fish swim around the wreck of the HMT Bedfordshire, an Arctic fishing trawler that was converted into an anti-submarine warship during World War II, and sunk off the coast of North Carolina.
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Underwater WWII Wrecks – Pollution or Cultural Heritage?

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An albatross soars over the ocean.
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Looking for Love? Online Dating Under the Sea

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Oil on the water’s surface in the Gulf of Mexico during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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#GulfSpillFlashback: Giving the Gulf Oil Spill the Consideration It Deserves

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Musician Sam Lardner and friends created the 14-song CD Oceans Are Talking to inspire kids and adults to help save the ocean and the creatures living in it.
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Five Questions for Musician Sam Lardner

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An adult and child visitor participate in an activity at the Natural History Museum
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World Ocean Day Events 2018

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An adult and juvenile killer whale frolic in the water.
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Menopausal Moms: A Mammal Mystery

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A gray whale spinal column viewed from the top through the vertebrae.
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A Gray Whale Makes its Way to the Smithsonian

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