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A map showing different refuge and conservation areas.
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Vaquita Refuge

Eliminating gillnets is key to protecting the vaquita from extinction. This map...
Photo of a man holding totoaba a vaquita caught in a net underneath.
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Vaquitas as Bycatch

 Gillnets used to catch totoaba accidentally catch vaquitas too. The vaquita’s...
Map showing vaquita range in the Gulf of California with inset showing the Western Hemisphere and equator.
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A Small Range

 Vaquitas live in an area smaller than ¼ the size of metropolitan Los Angeles....
A vaquita swims at the water's surface.
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Mysterious Vaquitas

Vaquitas were so rarely seen that some people thought they were a myth. Vaquitas...
A vaquita pops its head out of the water.
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Swimming Vaquita

 Vaquitas were unknown to science until three skulls were found on a Mexican beach...
A Bryde's whale catches a meal
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Bryde's Whale

 The three ridges on the top of Bryde's and Eden's whales distinguishes it from...
a Bryde's whale surfaces
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Bryde's Whale

 A Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni) takes a quick breath at the sea surface. ...
A baleen plate with a drawing of a ship in paint
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Artful Baleen Plates

 In the years following World War II, Japan’s infrastructure was devastated and...
A half-cast and skeleton of a humpback whale in the National Museum
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A Half-Cast of a Whale

 Joseph Palmer’s half-cast and skeleton of a humpback whale, shortly after it was...
A blue whale model in the Life in the Sea exhibit
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The Second Whale

 A close-up of the life-size blue whale model in the new “Life in the Sea” hall,...