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A team of shark researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has solved a long-standing mystery, identifying the first ...

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Beluga whales in the High Arctic during summer. A group of beluga whale bulls in a bay, followed by two cow-calf pairs in a shallow river estuary. An all-male group of beluga whale bulls swims ...