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Navy Dolphin

A trained Navy dolphin assumes a voluntary right lateral present in the water and...

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Vaquitas at the Water's Surface

Governments and environmental organizations continue to monitor the vaquita...

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Vaquita Refuge

Eliminating gillnets is key to protecting the vaquita from extinction. This map...

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Vaquitas as Bycatch

Gillnets used to catch totoaba accidentally catch vaquitas too. The vaquita’s...

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A Population in Decline

At the current rate of population decline, the vaquita may be extinct in a few...

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A Small Range

Vaquitas live in an area smaller than ¼ the size of metropolitan Los Angeles....

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Vaquitas in Peril

The Vaquita is a small, elusive, and critically endangered marine mammal that lives...

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Mysterious Vaquitas

Vaquitas were so rarely seen that some people thought they were a myth. Vaquitas...

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Swimming Vaquita

Vaquitas were unknown to science until three skulls were found on a Mexican beach...

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Citizens of the High Seas

In a world where land is partitioned into countries with defined borders, the ocean...

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Hope & Despair for the North Atlantic Right Whale Population

Late one afternoon in February 2019, Melanie White and the other members of a...

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A Century of Whales at the Smithsonian

Whales have been at the heart of Smithsonian research since 1850, when Spencer...