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Whale

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52 Blue

The story of the loneliest whale in the world.

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The Longform Guide to Sea Creatures

Leslie Jamison The Atavist Magazine Aug 2014 50min Permalink

Science

A Possible Break in One of Evolution’s Biggest Mysteries

The little-understood history of the whales and how barnacles may be the key to understanding how giant mammals evolved underwater.

Peter Brannen The Atlantic Dec 2016 15min Permalink

Science

The Last Whale Hunt for a Vanishing Alaskan Village

A story from the end of the earth.

Saki Knafo Men's Journal Oct 2016 25min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Whale"

A whale permeates a series of culture clashes.

Tim Raymond Sundog Lit Sep 2016 10min Permalink

Whale Hunters of the Warming Arctic

Few Americans are as affected by climate change as Alaska’s Inupiat, or as dependent on the fossil-fuel economy.

Tom Kizzia New Yorker Sep 2016 25min Permalink

Science

The Most Senseless Environmental Crime of the 20th Century

Fifty years ago, 180,000 whales vanished from the ocean. The mystery is not who killed them, but why.

Charles Homans Pacific Standard Nov 2013 20min Permalink