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Jun 1, 2026
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Centuries-old logbooks reveal how bowhead whales are recovering from near-extinction
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An aerial view of a bowhead whale swimming near sea ice. By the time bowhead whaling was abandoned around 1914, there were likely fewer than 4,000 left. (Vicki Beaver/Alaska Fisheries Science Center)
Centuries‑old logbooks reveal how bowhead whales are recovering from near‑extinction
Published: June 1, 2026 12.29pm EDT
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Bowhead whales have the greatest life-span of any mammal on Earth. They can reach over 200 years in age thanks in part to their slow metabolism and cancer-suppressing genes.
They are far stockier and shorter than other large baleen whales, making …
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