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Centuries-old logbooks reveal how bowhead whales are recovering from near-extinction
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An article about bowhead whales' remarkable recovery from near-extinction, detailing how historical logbooks document their population decline to fewer than 4,000 by 1914 and their subsequent recovery, while highlighting their exceptional longevity and Arctic adaptations.
Centuries-old logbooks reveal how bowhead whales are recovering from near-extinction
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)
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 them perfectly adapted to life among Arctic sea ice.
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