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North Atlantic right whale feeding. Credit: Christin Khan/NOAA Fisheries

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Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $9 Million for Partnerships to Recover North Atlantic Right Whales

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Recreational vessel approaching a killer whale

Still frame from video recording of recreational vessel M/V Cypress Point approaching killer whales near Roche Harbor, Washington, September 1, 2022. Operator of the vessel agreed to pay a civil penalty of $1,000 for violating distance rules for approaching killer whales.

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A Boater Drove Through a Pod of Killer Whales. Turns Out a Wildlife Videographer Was Filming.

West Coast

image showing the black abalone as an endangered marine snails

Black abalone are an endangered marine snail that face climate change threats such as increased water temperatures, sedimentation, and ocean acidification. Credit: NOAA Fisheries.

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Climate Change Threatens the Survival and Recovery of Black Abalone

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A small orange coral branches upwards off a relic skeleton of a coral reef

A small colony of elkhorn coral found in summer 2024 on Molasses Reef, offshore of Key Largo Credit: Rainbow Reef Dive Center/Jack Teasley

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All That Remains: Severe Decline in Wild Elkhorn Coral Genetic Diversity on Florida’s Reefs

Southeast

California sea lion stricken by the neurotoxin domoic acid from a harmful algal bloom in Santa Barbara County, California. Photo: Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute.

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Toxic Algal Bloom Affecting California Sea Lions and Dolphins

West Coast

Wide plain with multiple streams and bodies of standing water

Aerial view of the empty reservoirs that once held water behind major dams on the Klamath River. With removal of the dams, the reservoirs drained. A new monitoring plan will count and track salmon as they return to their historic habitat. Credit: Bob Pagliuco/Office of Habitat Conservation.

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