National Geographic: Whales are dying along East Coast—and scientists are racing to understand why

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“Let’s at least be aware that they’re out there,” DiGiovanni says. “We all drive slower in a school zone, and this isn’t a major impact in our lives. It’s for the good of the animals.”

Atlantic Marine Conservation Society founder and chief scientist Rob DiGiovanni discusses the humpback whale unusual mortality event in National Geographic!

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA.On a blustery winter afternoon off the coast of Virginia Beach, people are pressing forward on the bow of the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center’s whale watching boat as a dorsal fin breaks the surface. Cameras click in staccato for a second or two before the humpback whale dives to feed again.
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