New research used whaling logbooks to explain why only two of the four bowhead whale populations are bouncing back from whaling, which was abandoned a century ago.
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These marine mammals are still feeling the effects of whaling. For most species, it may be another 100 years before there are enough old whales for scientists to confirm their lifespans.
Commercial whaling, present challenges and future threats shape genetics and the potential for adaptation in the bowhead whales and narwhals of the Canadian Arctic.
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