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(Liliana Nieto del Rio for The Los Angeles Times)
Juan Pablo Torres, a marine biologist from Chile’s Blue Whale Center, studies the whales’ migratory patterns and tries to assess potential threats, such as pollution. Blue whales congregate in the Gulf of Corcovado during the Southern Hemisphere's summer and fall.