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Thu, 26 May 2011 02:32:37 +0000

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Animals

Marine Science

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conservation

conservation biology

National Museum of Natural History

Tropical Research Institute

whales

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This new research, which involved both surface and aerial surveys, has revealed an enormous aggregation of whale sharks—the largest ever reported—with up to 420 individuals off the coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico.

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