Blue Whale (IMAGE)

Wildlife Conservation Society

Blue Whale

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A blue whale swimming through the waters of coastal southern Chile, the location of a feeding and nursing ground for the species. Using genetic information, scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the Universidad Austral de Chile, the Blue Whale Center, the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), and NOAA are working to determine how many types of blue whale exist in the waters of the southeastern Pacific.

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Image credit: Rodrigo Hucke-Gaete (CBA/UACh).

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