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Blue whale skull being installed at National Museum of Natural History.
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When Did Today’s Whales Get So Big?

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Offshore Peru, during the Eocene (~56-34 million years ago), showing two archaeocetes (ancient whales): Ocucajea picklingi and Supayacetus muizon.
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New Archaeocetes from Peru Are the Oldest Fossil Whales from South America

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the skull of a mosasaur
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Meals of the Mighty Mosasaur

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On average, Arctic sea ice has decreased by four percent per decade since the late 1970s.
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Sea Level Rise

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An ancient whale ancestor
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Evolution of Whales Animation

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A screenshot from video showing Brian Huber behind a microscope.
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Smithsonian Paleobiologist Brian Huber

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Screenshot from video showing tiny foraminifera.
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Foraminifera on the Seafloor

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A Hawaiian petrel in flight
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4,000 Years of Marine History through the Eyes of a Seabird

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Illustration of a four-legged proto-whale with webbed feet.
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Early Whale with Webbed Feet

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Nick Pyenson points to a skull and skeleton of a fossil whale.
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Excavating a "toothed" baleen whale from Vancouver Island

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An illustration of the megalodon shark.
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Ancient Giant Megatooth Shark

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Illustration of the extinct ammonite, related to the modern squid.
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Ammonite

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