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Fewer than 7% of global hotspots for whale-ship collisions have protection measures in place

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Nov 21, 2024

A whale near a large vessel in southern Sri Lanka.Asha de Vos According to the fossil record, cetaceans - whales, dolphins and their relatives - evolved from four-legged land mamma…

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