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Beluga whales avoid inbreeding by switching partners over time, helping a small, isolated population stay genetically healthy ...

The study authors expected to find that males were competing heavily for mates and mating with multiple females, in a ...

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A n isolated Alaskan population of beluga whales is small enough that inbreeding could be a major threat. Yet they remain ...

In the icy waters of Alaska’s Bristol Bay, beluga whales rely on an unexpected survival strategy: sharing mates over many ...

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Researchers in Alaska have discovered that beluga whales have lots of different partners and this “mate switching” could be vital for helping populations survive.