Gray Whales (IMAGE)

Duke University

Gray Whales

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California gray whales like these mothers and calves are 4.3 times more likely to strand themselves during a burst of cosmic radio static from a solar flare, further evidence that they navigate by Earth's magnetic field.

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Nicholas Metheny NOAA

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