{
  "id": 16919856,
  "title": "Hundreds of Baby Whales Have Died in Argentina This Year—and Scientists Are Scrambling to Understand Why",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/hundreds-of-baby-whales-have-died-in-argentina-this-year-and",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-28T15:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hundreds-of-baby-whales-have-died-in-argentina-this-year-and-scientists-are-scrambling-to-understand-why-180989762/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}