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The hunting of beluga whales by Alaska Natives for subsistence, in addition to other human and natural threats, caused the Cook Inlet population of belugas to decline by an estimated 71 percent since 1979.
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Beluga Whale

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A team works to disentangle a right whale.
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Entangled Right Whale

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Hawaiian monk seals are among the wildlife found within the Papahānaumokuākea World Heritage Site.
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Endangered Ocean Animals

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A humpback whale
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A Humpback Calf

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A pod of killer whales from above.
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A Pod of Whales

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Giant drift nets, placed around the world’s oceans to catch commercial fish species, kill non-commercial animals just as efficiently, often taking far more of the latter for every useable species ensnared.
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Sea Lion Drowned in Drift Net

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Humpback whales spend their summers feeding in cold, food-filled Arctic and Antarctic waters before swimming to warmer waters for the winter.
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Humpback Whales Going After Herring

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Juvenile California sea lion
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Acrobats of La Paz, Mexico

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Thumbnail of a cartoonish whale swimming.
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Why do Whales Sing?

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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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Photo of a sperm whale just below the water's surface.
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Sperm Whale, Dominica

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Ancient sea cow vertebra found in the Gatun Formation in Central America, Panama
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Ancient Sea Cow Vertebra

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