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Listening for Clues About Sonar’s Effects on Marine Mammals
Many animals depend on their eyes to navigate, find food, locate mates, and for...
January 2011
Article
Flippers or Feet? An Extinct Mammal May Have Been Replaced By Today's Sea Cows
In the seagrass beds and kelp forests of the Oligocene-Miocene transition, nearly...
August 2016
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Flippers, Jawbones, and Blowholes: Marine Specimens Inspire Artists
Rachel Caauwe was one of a dozen artists who spent a recent Saturday sketching...
Article
Seeing with Sound: Acoustic monitoring of beaked whales
When compared to dolphins and large baleen whales, beaked whales lose a bit of the...
November 2017
Article
The Whale Graveyard Whodunit
One of the ocean's tiniest organisms often does the most harm. Microscopic algae...
March 2014
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Siberian Yupik Eskimo Skin Boat
Skin boats were vital for survival of Arctic sea mammal hunters who had to navigate...
Article
What the Megalodon Left Behind
The largest shark ever to exist on this planet, Carcharocles megalodon, could grow...
July 2018
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Marine World Heritage Photo Gallery
Marine World Heritage is a prestigious list of 43 marine ecosystems and...
Tue, 11/09/2010 - 11:54
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Native Knowledge of the Narwhal
The narwhal is an elusive mammal. During the winter months they feed in the deep...
March 2020
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Plastic Trash Plagues the Ocean
Once upon a time, the ocean was considered the last place where we could still find...
September 2010
Article
Still Blue After a Century of Ocean Science and Exploration
This year marks 100 years since the National Museum of Natural History opened its...
September 2010
Marine Snow: A Staple of the Deep
Snow on land can make some people grumpy, but the magical-looking flakes and a...
January 2013