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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

May 2019

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A right whale breaches, lifting its huge body out of the water.

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North Atlantic Right Whale

December 2009

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An unidentified earplug from the National Museum of Natural History collection.

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Whale Earwax: What You Can Learn From Strange Collections

January 2016

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The Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino site in Mexico was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1993. The sanctuary contains important breeding and wintering sites for the grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus - pictured here), harbor seal (Phoca vitulina),

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Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino, Mexico

November 2010