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Scientists document a direct relationship between Arctic sea ice and polar bear survival.
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Forecast for Polar Bear Populations

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A life-size, meticulously detailed model of the North Atlantic right whale Phoenix hangs in the Smithsonian’s Sant Ocean Hall in the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC.
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Model of Phoenix

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The 1903 blue whale in the Natural History Museum
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A Century of Whales at the Smithsonian

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The head of one bottlenose dolphin and the fin of another are visible above turquoise water in the Potomac River
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A Dive into Dolphin Data: The History of Bottlenose Dolphins in the Potomac River

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A beluga whale
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Baby Beluga

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Two Southern Resident killer whales.
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Southern Resident Killer Whales

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“I took this photograph of spinner dolphins in calm waters off the Ogasawara Islands, an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean about 600 miles south of Tokyo. When the sun briefly broke through the clouds, our shadow was mirrored in the water’s surface—an
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Spinner Dolphins Ogasawara Island, Tokyo, Japan

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A gray seal on the shores of Surtsey, Iceland.
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A Unique World Heritage Site: Surtsey, Iceland

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Yankee Whalers: An 1856 Currier & Ives print shows whalers harpooning a right whale.
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The “Right” Whale to Hunt

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Spinner dolphins in a small inlet off the Kona coast, Hawaii.
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Solidifying the Dolphin Family Tree

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A humpback whale breaching.
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Bacteria on Whale Skin Tell a Tale of Health and Sickness

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A manatee swims in Crystal River, Florida.
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From Mermaids to Manatees: the Myth and the Reality

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