Lost leviathans: Hunting the world's missing whales

New Scientist | Feb. 9, 2010 (Special Report)

THEY are enigmatic sea monsters - rare, magnificent beasts patrolling the ocean depths. Yet old chronicles tell of populations of whales hundreds of times greater than today. Such tales have long been dismissed as exaggerations, but could they be true? Have humans killed such a staggering number of whales? Full Story »

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