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Thumbnail of a schematic of an island, boat, and a Right Whale.
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Ocean Optimism Video - Slow Down For Right Whales

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illustrations of whales
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Song of the Spindle

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

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A screenshot from the video showing illustration of a whale at the surface of water at night.
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Life After Whale (On Whale Falls)

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Two killer whales.
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Killer Whales from Above

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Ari Friedlaender, a research scientist at the Duke University Marine Lab, tags a blue whale.
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Acrobatic Blue Whales Do the Twist While Feeding

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The Ross Sea is a 1.9 million square mile (3.6 million square km) stretch of ocean off the coast of Antarctica.
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A Trip South to Antarctica’s Ross Sea

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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 walrus sits on top of ice.
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One Hundred Names for Sea Ice

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The Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve site in Russia was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2004. Located well above the Arctic Circle, the site includes the mountainous Wrangel Island, Herald Island, and surrounding waters. The reserve has exc
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Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve, Russian Federation

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Smithsonian researchers eat a meal in preparation for a fossil excavation
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At STRI, No Whales Yet, But There Are Fossil Sea Cows...

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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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