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A team works to free a one-year-old right whale from fishing ropes wrapped and knotted around its body and flippers.
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Whale Rescue

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Three Killer whales (Orca) swim along side researchers.
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Researchers Studying Killer Whales

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A whale size comparison chart
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What is the Largest Whale? A Cetacea Size Comparison Chart.

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A right whale breaches, lifting its huge body out of the water.
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North Atlantic Right Whale

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Hawaiian monk seals are among the wildlife found within the Papahānaumokuākea World Heritage Site.
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Struggling to Survive, But with a Chance to Thrive

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Giant Pacific Manta Ray, Roca Partida Sea Mount, Revillagigedos Islands, Mexico
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Tagging and Tracking Animals Underwater

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A graph showing the population decline of vaquitas from 1997 to 2019. In 1997, there were 567 vaquitas. In 2012, there were 200. By 2014 there were fewer than 100, and by 2019 there was an estimated 6 to 9 vaquitas left.
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A Population in Decline

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A female manatee and her calf are captured on film foraging in seagrass off the coast of Brazil.
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Female Manatee Foraging with a Calf on Her Back

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“Moments after its eyes emerged from the water for a ‘spy hop,’ this whale slowly descended in my direction and came as close as six feet before it dove away.” -- Nature's Best photographer, Steffen Binke.Equipment Used to Capture the Shot: Niko
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Dwarf Minke Whale, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

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A bottlenose dolphin carries a sponge, which it uses as a tool to dig up prey from the seafloor.
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Sponge-Wielding Bottlenose Dolphin

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A 3-D reconstruction of the skull of a fin whale fetus.
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3-D Reconstruction Of Fin Whale Skull

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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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