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In this painting, a giant squid engages in a struggle for survival with a sperm whale.
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The Mystery of Ambergris

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a gray whale pokes its head above the sea surface
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Atlantic Gray Whales: Past, Present, and Future

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Two Southern Resident killer whales.
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There are More Whales out There Than We Thought

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a beaked whale surfaces
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The Evolution of Echolocation

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Narwhals with their long unicorn-like tusks.
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Native Knowledge of the Narwhal

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A Bryde's whale catches a meal
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The Case of the Mystery Whale

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a painting of a ship on a plate of baleen
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The Story of Stashed Whale Baleen

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an elephant seal with a tracker
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Citizens of the High Seas

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The 1903 blue whale in the Natural History Museum
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A Century of Whales at the Smithsonian

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Aerial view of a North Atlantic right whale mother and calf.
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Hope & Despair for the North Atlantic Right Whale Population

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A gray whale spinal column viewed from the top through the vertebrae.
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A Gray Whale Makes its Way to the Smithsonian

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a Māori woman in a navy blue fleece holds the skull of a beaked whale
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Tohunga Tohorā’s Intuition Reveals New Whale Species

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