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• Saturday, May 24th 2014 - 00:16 UTC

  Humpback whales in different oceans should be recognized as separate species, says genetic study

  

  A new genetic study has revealed that populations of humpback whales in the oceans of the North Pacific, North Atlantic and Southern Hemisphere are much more distinct from each other than previously thought, and should be recognized as separate subspecies.