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Potential impact on whales overlooked as deep-sea mining looks set to start, experts say

U.S. refuses calls for immediate protection of North Atlantic right whales

Mexico dismantles illegal fishing cartels killing off rare vaquita porpoise

Shipping lane change could be sea change for Sri Lanka’s blue whales

Wrong trend for right whales amid ‘devastating’ population decline

The mystery of narwhal behavior, solved by chaos theory

U.S. charts course for adopting ropeless fishing to reduce whale deaths

Noise pollution spooks whales the way predators would, study finds

What’s popping? Humpbacks off South Africa, new acoustic study finds

That dead whale on the beach? Let it be, study says. Or at least don’t blow it up

‘There’s hope’ for North Atlantic right whales: Q&A with filmmaker Nadine Pequeneza

In prioritizing conservation, animal culture should be a factor, study says

Court order blocks Shell’s seismic surveys off South Africa’s Wild Coast

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Top 15 species discoveries from 2021 (Photos)

Indigenous communities in South Africa sue, protest off-shore oil and gas exploration

El Niño takes a toll on southern right whales in the Atlantic Ocean

Two threatened whale groups had a mini baby boom, but not because of lockdown

Faroe Islands to evaluate traditional hunt after slaughter of 1,400 dolphins

Will ‘ropeless’ fishing gear be seaworthy in time to save endangered whales?

New ecolabel will certify ‘Whale-Safe’ shipping companies and cruise lines

Study confirms sightings of endangered blue whale in Philippine waters

Hunger, disorientation blamed for pilot whale mass stranding in Indonesia

Patagonia’s blue whales besieged by hundreds of boats, study finds

‘Minke whales for dinner’: Norway’s controversial whale hunt is still on

When Chinook salmon is off the menu, other prey will do for endangered orcas

To fight climate change, save the whales, some scientists say

Only 1 of 52 pilot whales survives mass stranding in Indonesia

Fewer than 100 of these giant whales make up a newly described species

Rare beaked whale sighting could be a world first for the species

2020’s top ocean news stories (commentary)

Whale of a find: Scientists spot beaked whale believed to be a new species

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