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Updated 4 October 2026

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Scientists investigate hundreds of dead whale calves on Argentina's Patagonian coast

Dead southern right whale calves keep washing up at Peninsula Valdés, a key breeding ground; the leading suspicion is infection through wounds pecked by kelp gulls.

Ittefaq5 October 20262 min read