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Cookie Cutter

This cookie-cutter shark (Isistius brasilienses) has a unique bite mark that they...

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A Blind Shark Baby

The blind shark (Brachaelurus waddi) is lecithotrophic viviparous— the eggs are...

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Ancient Sea Cow Vertebra

A fossil vertebra that a Smithsonian researcher's mother found while prospecting in...

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Equipment for a Fossil Excavation

Paleobiologist Dr. Nicholas Pyenson, Curator of Fossil Marine Mammals for the...

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Illustration of a New Fossil Whale, Bohaskaia monodontoides

A reconstruction of a new fossil beluga relative, Bohaskaia monodontoides,...

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Tale of a Whale

Students exercise their observation skills to do some of the actual work of marine...

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Wreck Detectives

Students utilize a grid system to document the location of artifacts recovered from...