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Three Killer whales (Orca) swim along side researchers.
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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
Three Killer whales (Orca) swim along side researchers.
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Researchers Studying Killer Whales

Researchers from the SOCAL-10 research partnership study the behavior of orcas...
Dolphins swimming among oily patches in the Gulf of Mexico
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Dolphins Swim in Oily Waters

Striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) observed in emulsified oil on April 29,...
A humpback whale breaching.
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Bacteria on Whale Skin Tell a Tale of Health and Sickness

Whales swimming in the ocean are never really alone. Even if one swims by itself...
March 2014
The whitish spots on this fish are individual parasitic trematode worms.
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Marine Parasites: Crazy…and Really Cool!

Marine parasites may be small in size, but they can be present in very high numbers...
December 2012
A beaked whale at the ocean's surface
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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
The whitish spots on this fish are individual parasitic trematode worms.
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Parasitic Worms in a Fish

The whitish spots on this fish are individual parasitic trematode worms. Trematodes...
eskimos land a skin boat in the ice
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Siberian Yupik Eskimo Skin Boat

Skin boats were vital for survival of Arctic sea mammal hunters who had to navigate...
a scan of a louse
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Walrus Lice

The Echinophthiriidae are a family of lice that infect seals, sea lions,...
A blue shark, with a copepod attached to its dorsal fin, coasts through waters near New England.
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Blue Shark

Named for the radiant blue color on its back and sides, the blue shark (Prionace...
The Phoenix Islands Protected Area site in Kiribati was inscribed on the  World Heritage List in 2010. The site encompasses one of the world's  largest intact oceanic coral archipelago ecosystems, together with 14  known underwater seamounts and other deep
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Phoenix Islands Protected Area, Kiribati

The Phoenix Islands Protected Area site in Kiribati was inscribed on the World...
Whalers hunted right whales for baleen, which was used in a variety of commercial products such as umbrellas and whips.
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Ad for Whale Baleen Umbrellas

Whale baleen, the stiff bristly mouthparts that sieve small prey from the water,...

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