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Don't Feed Wild Dolphins

A Twelve-Step group for wild animals with people-food addictions? Don’t be...
Wed, 11/24/2010 - 16:53
A marine mammal scientist listens for bowhead whales using an underwater hydrophone.
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Listening for Bowhead Whales

Hoping to hear bowhead whales, NOAA marine mammal scientist Sue Moore listens to...
A beluga whale
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Baby Beluga

Beluga whales are naturally vocal animals. They are often called “canaries of the...
Smithsonian researchers eat a meal in preparation for a fossil excavation
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A Squalodontid Success

On a beach in Piña, Panama the tide is rolling out. Faint outlines of skeletal...
Wed, 06/22/2011 - 17:47
Fossil Whale Digsite at Cerro Ballena, Chile
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The Whale Graveyard Whodunit

One of the ocean's tiniest organisms often does the most harm. Microscopic algae...
March 2014
A polar bear and its cub in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.
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Polar Bear Mother and Cub

The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is found in the Arctic and classified as a...
Polar bears have evolved to survive in the Arctic.
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Polar Bear on the Ice

Polar bears have evolved to survive in the Arctic with large, oar-like front paws...
In 2011, storms and lack of ice-cover due to a warmer winter climate resulted in hundreds of seal pups being washed up on the shore of Prince Edward Island. Like many, this young seal faced an uncertain future. See more Nature's Best Photos.
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Harp Seal, Prince Edward Island National Park, Canada

Harp seals are protected in the United States by the Marine Mammal Protection Act....
An illustration of a recently discovered species of Monodontid, Bohaskaia monodontoides, and its beluga and narwhale relatives
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Illustration of a New Fossil Whale, Bohaskaia monodontoides

A reconstruction of a new fossil beluga relative, Bohaskaia monodontoides,...
Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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What is El Nino?

This activity explores the potential for climate variability and change to trigger...
Fri, 03/19/2010 - 14:51
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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Splash – Monitoring Humpback Whales

Students learn the importance of monitoring endangered marine mammals like humpback...
Mon, 11/30/2009 - 11:26
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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Tale of a Whale

Students exercise their observation skills to do some of the actual work of marine...
Tue, 11/24/2009 - 15:03
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