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Killer whales wreck boat in latest attack off Spain

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Orcas are breaking rudders off boats in Europe

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The Soviets hunted whales to the brink of extinction but scientists tracked toll

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Orcas found to kill blue whales

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Militarized Dolphins Protect Almost a Quarter of the US Nuclear Stockpile

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The decline of baleen whales has led to a decline of krill, researchers find

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Some Whales Can Eat Upwards of 16 Tons of Tiny Shrimp a Day

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Something is killing gray whales

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'I was completely inside': Lobster diver swallowed by humpback whale

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The Culture of Whales

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Whales in 19th century shared information about ship attacks

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Animation of a blue whale trying to avoid ships

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Orcas striking sailing boats in the Straits of Gibraltar

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East Australian Humpback whale bounces back from near extinction

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Dolphins at popular spot miss tourists and keep leaving 'gifts' on shore

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Japanese aquarium urges public to video-chat with eels

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The Stranding of the MV Shokalskiy

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Japan resumes commercial whaling after 30 years

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Canada to ban keeping whales, dolphins in captivity

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Antarctica: Thousands of emperor penguin chicks died in 2016 weather event

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New Type Of Killer Whale Found Swimming In Southern Ocean

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Dolphins apparently getting 'high' with the help of toxic puffer fish (2013)

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Japan to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission

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In Antarctica, climate change is having surprising impacts

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Beluga whales adopt lost narwhal in St. Lawrence River

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There Are Whales Alive Today Who Were Born Before Moby Dick Was Written (2013)

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Japanese fleet catches 177 whales in latest hunt

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Why Whales Got So Big

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Ancient whales were predators not gentle giants

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Tapetail, Bignose and Whalefish turn out to be the same fish

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How do whales and dolphins sleep without drowning?

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Why Whales, the largest animals on Earth, got so big

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Vancouver bans whales and dolphins at aquarium

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Falklands minefields: de facto nature reserves for penguins

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Cape Adare

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Humpback whales around the globe are mysteriously rescuing animals from orcas

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337 whales dead in Chile in one of history's biggest beachings

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Dolphins often seem to want to befriend us

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How to Ship a Beluga Whale via UPS

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California blue whales, once nearly extinct, are back at historic levels

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There Are Whales Alive Today Who Were Born Before Moby Dick Was Written

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Sea Otters Are Jerks. So Are Dolphins, Penguins, and Other Adorable Animals

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Dolphins deserve same rights as humans, say scientists

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How automatic transmission almost made sperm whales extinct

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Antarctic English

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Antarctic Explorers Wrote Cute, Funny Stories to Hide Dangerous Stunts

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Drone footage of fledging penguins jumping off cliff

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Medieval Icelanders were likely hunting blue whales before industrial technology

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Free time, curiosity and playfulness has led to young orcas bumping boats

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Study finds juvenile dolphins who play together are more successful as adults

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Creature that washed up on New Zealand beach may be rarest whale

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