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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 An Extinct Mammal May Have Been Replaced By Today's Sea Cows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...

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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...

When Did Today’s Whales Get So Big?

More recently than you might think, say scientists who scoured the fossil...

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Summer Beach Reads

Memorial Day is nearly upon us. We thought it'd be a good time to think about our...

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A Squalodontid Success

On a beach in Piña, Panama the tide is rolling out. Faint outlines of skeletal...

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How do Humpback Whales Feed?

The activity covers feeding behaviors of humpback whales. It also teaches how...

Citizens of the Sea

The incredible variety of marine life—in numbers, body form, behavior, and...

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Keeping An Ear Out For Whale Evolution

Large whales are notoriously hard to study. Except when rising to breathe, they...

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The Whale Graveyard Whodunit

One of the ocean's tiniest organisms often does the most harm. Microscopic algae...

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The Discovery of Multispecies Communities of Seacows

Sirenians, or seacows, are a group of marine mammals that include manatees and...

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Dugong Feeding

Dugongs, along with manatees, make up a group of marine mammals called sirenians or...

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Blue Shark

Named for the radiant blue color on its back and sides, the blue shark (Prionace...