Researchers learned this week that a humpback whale who made yearly trips to Monterey Bay become California’s most well-known marine mammal had perished in a ship collision, drawing new attention to a hazard that has dogged whales even as their populations have been recovering.
Key facts- The 49-foot-long humpback whale was discovered on a beach near Half Moon Bay, California, on Sunday. The Marine Mammal Center conducted a necropsy on the whale and discovered that one of her vertebrae was...
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