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‘Research in Action’ Runner-Up

A beached whale in Scotland getting a necropsy.
A beached whale in Scotland getting a necropsy. Photo: Submitted by Professor Paul Thompson, photo captured by James Bunyan from Tracks Ecology.

The runner-up for the ‘Research in Action’ category also explores the line between sea and surface, albeit in a more macabre way. The shot (obviously) shows a stranded humpback whale, which has died and is receiving a necropsy from researchers. The team concluded that the whale was drowned following entanglement.