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  Common Seal

  The Harbor Seal or Common seal (Phoca vitulina) is a true seal of the Northern Hemisphere. Having the widest range of all pinnipeds, Harbor seals are found in coastal waters of the northern Atlantic ... > more
• Fish
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  Wild Animals
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  New Species
   
  

  Shark

  Sharks are a group (superorder Selachimorpha) of fish, with a full cartilaginous skeleton and a streamlined body plan. Sharks have keen olfactory senses, with some species able to detect as little as ... > more
• Dolphins and Whales
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  Porpoise

  The porpoises are small cetaceans of the family Phocoenidae; they are related to whales and dolphins. They are distinct from dolphins, although the word "porpoise" has been used to refer to any small ... > more
• Dinosaurs
  Extinction
  Geography
  Nature
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  Cretaceous

  The Cretaceous period is one of the major divisions of the geologic timescale, reaching from the end of the Jurassic period, about 146 million years ago (Ma), to the beginning of the Paleocene epoch ... > more
• Staying Healthy
  Sports Medicine
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  Squid

  Squids are the large, diverse group of marine cephalopods popular as food in cuisines as widely separated as Korean and Italian. In fish markets and restaurants in English-speaking countries, it is ... > more
• Microbiology
  Developmental Biology
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  Biochemistry Research
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  Skeleton

  In biology, the skeleton or skeletal system is the biological system providing physical support in living organisms. Skeletal systems are commonly divided into three types - external (an ... > more
• Dolphins and Whales
  Endangered Animals
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  Apes
   
  

  Toothed whale

  The toothed whales (systematic name Odontoceti) form a suborder of the cetaceans. As the name suggests, the suborder is characterized by having ... > more
• Oil Spills
  Pollution
  Environmental Issues
  Hazardous Waste
  Marine Biology
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  Exxon Valdez

  Exxon Valdez was the original name of an oil tanker owned by the former Exxon Corporation. It gained widespread infamy after the March 24, 1989 oil spill in which the tanker hit Prince William ... > more
• Marine Biology
  Animals
  Sea Life
  Agriculture and Food
  New Species
  Endangered Plants
   
  

  Gastropod shell

  The gastropod shell is an animal shell which is part of the body of a gastropod or snail. It is an external skeleton or exoskeleton, which serves not only for muscle attachment, but also for ... > more
• Fisheries
  Food and Agriculture
  Animals
  Marine Biology
  Sports Medicine
  Nutrition
   
  

  Lobster

  Clawed lobsters are large marine crustaceans. They are important as an animal, a business and a food. Lobsters live on rocky, sandy, or muddy bottoms from the shoreline to beyond the edge of the ... > more

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