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A vaquita swim in the ocean.
Timeline

A History Entwined: Vaquita, Totoaba, Fishermen

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Offshore Peru, during the Eocene (~56-34 million years ago), showing two archaeocetes (ancient whales): Ocucajea picklingi and Supayacetus muizon.
Article

New Archaeocetes from Peru Are the Oldest Fossil Whales from South America

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A vaquita pops its head out of the water.
Slideshow

Vaquitas in Peril

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Hawaiian monk seals are among the wildlife found within the Papahānaumokuākea World Heritage Site.
Slideshow

Backbone of Biodiversity at Risk

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Phoenix swimming with her calf.
Slideshow

Baleen: From Whales to People

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A Bryde's whale catches a meal
Article

The Case of the Mystery Whale

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A polar bear and its cub in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.
Photo

Polar Bear Mother and Cub

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a painting of a ship on a plate of baleen
Article

The Story of Stashed Whale Baleen

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Sea lions generate thrust, or forward propulsion, by bringing their fore-flippers together in big sweeping motions called “claps.”  When a sea lion “claps,” it stretches its flippers out to the sides and sweeps them down. Then it tucks its flippe
Article

How Do Sea Lions Swim?

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The fringed baleen plates are easy to observe as this North Atlantic right whale skims the water’s surface while it feeds.
Photo

Baleen in Action

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Phoenix the right whale diving in North Atlantic.
Slideshow

A Tale of a Right Whale

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A right whale opens wide, revealing huge plates of baleen hanging from its upper jaw.
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Right Whale Baleen

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