Rare Beluga Data Show Whales Dive to Maximize Meals

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Rare Beluga Data Show Whales Dive to Maximize Meals

Children’s singer and songwriter Raffi may have brought beluga whales into popular culture with his 1980 song “Baby Beluga,” but surprisingly little is actually known about the life and ecology of these elusive marine mammals that live in some of the world’s most remote, frigid waters. Two distinct populations spend winters in the Bering Sea, […]

First Global Review on the Status, Future of Arctic Marine Mammals

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First Global Review on the Status, Future of Arctic Marine Mammals

For Arctic marine mammals, the future is especially uncertain. Loss of sea ice and warming temperatures are shifting already fragile Northern ecosystems. The precarious state of those mammals is underscored in a multinational study led by a University of Washington scientist, published this week in Conservation Biology, assessing the status of all circumpolar species and […]

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