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  • This illustration shows how fishing lines attached to traps and buoys on the ocean floor present a potentially deadly hazard to North Atlantic right whales.

    How Whales Become Entangled
    Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am
    This illustration shows how fishing lines attached to traps and buoys on the ocean floor present a potentially deadly hazard to North Atlantic right whales.
  • Researchers have identified five areas of high North Atlantic right whale concentration between Canada and Florida.

    Finding Phoenix
    Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am
    Researchers have identified five areas of high North Atlantic right whale concentration between Canada and Florida. More about the right whale can be found in our Tale of a Whale featured story.
  • North Atlantic right whales and ocean-going vessels often cross paths.

    Ship and North Atlantic Right Whale
    Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am
    North Atlantic right whales and ocean-going vessels often cross paths.
  • A view of the injured fluke belonging to Phoenix’s mother, Stumpy. It is not known what caused this injury. It possibly could have been an entanglement.

    Stumpy’s Tail
    Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am
    A view of the injured fluke belonging to Phoenix’s mother, Stumpy. It is not known what caused this injury. It possibly could have been an entanglement. More about whales can be found in our Tale of...
  • Phoenix rises out of the waters east of Cape Cod, MA, in April 2003.

    Can Right Whales Recover?
    Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am
    Phoenix rises out of the waters east of Cape Cod, MA, in April 2003. The rough patches of skin (known as callosities) occur in unique patterns on all North Atlantic right whales and help researchers...
  • Workers prepare to hoist the model of Phoenix, a North Atlantic Right Whale, into position above the exhibit hall floor in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.

    Preparing to Hoist the Right Whale Model
    Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am
    Workers prepare to hoist the model of Phoenix, a model of an actual North Atlantic right whale, into position above the exhibit hall floor in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in...
  • A life-size, meticulously detailed model of the North Atlantic right whale Phoenix hangs in the Smithsonian’s Sant Ocean Hall in the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC.

    Model of Phoenix
    Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am
    A life-size, meticulously detailed model of the North Atlantic right whale Phoenix hangs in the Smithsonian’s Sant Ocean Hall in the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC. More about...
  • Scaffolding and supports support a life-size model of a right whale in the national Museum of Natural History.

    Work Site for Building the Model of Phoenix
    Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am
    Scaffolding and supports at the work site hold a life-size model of a North Atlantic right whale Phoenix—the “ambassador” of the Smithsonian’s Sant Ocean Hall in the National Museum of Natural...
  • A crew works on creating a life-size, meticulously detailed model of the North Atlantic right whale Phoenix

    Crew Works on Phoenix Model
    Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am
    A crew works on creating a life-size, meticulously detailed model of the North Atlantic right whale Phoenix—the “ambassador” of the Smithsonian’s Sant Ocean Hall in the National Museum of Natural...
  • Master carver Douglas Chilton rides in the Raven Spirit canoe at its ceremonial launch.

    The Tlingit Raven Spirit Canoe and Carver, Douglas Chilton
    Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am
    Master carver Douglas Chilton rides at the prow of his creation—the Raven Spirit canoe—at its ceremonial launch in Washington, D.C. The canoe is now on display in the Smithsonian’s Sant Ocean Hall.
  • Douglas Chilton uses traditional carving tools to shape the Raven Spirit canoe.

    Carving the Canoe
    Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am
    Douglas Chilton uses traditional carving tools to shape the Raven Spirit canoe. Chilton—a master carver and member of the Tlingit Nation—transformed the log into a 26-foot-long, traditional...
  • Members of the Squamish Nation paddle to a 1997 festival celebrating Native canoe arts.

    Celebrating Traditional Canoes
    Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am
    Members of the Squamish Nation paddle their canoe to a 1997 festival celebrating traditional Native canoe arts. Native peoples of the Northwest Coast believe each canoe has its own spirit. Designs on...