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Hundreds of Baby Whales Have Died in Argentina This Year—and Scientists Are Scrambling to Understand Why

Their leading hypothesis is that the young cetaceans are dying from a bacterial infection, but experts are still trying to figure out why this year's mortality rates are so high. Adults have also been washing up dead, possibly because of a toxic algal bloom

Hundreds of Baby Whales Have Died in Argentina This Year—and Scientists Are Scrambling to Understand Why

We haven't written up this one. Smithsonian has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

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