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Whales, dolphins, and other marine mammals are washing up dead along the California coastline. A team from the National ...

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A potentially fatal virus that was previously only found in a Longman’s beaked whale stranded on Maui in 2010 has now been discovered in 10 whale and dolphin host species across the Pacific.

In September 2002, 14 beaked whales washed ashore in the Canary Islands bleeding from the ears. All eventually died. A post-mortem examination revealed that the whales showed signs of ...