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The whales give birth off the southeastern U.S. in the winter and spring and migrate north to New England and Canada to feed.
"They've been hanging on by their flipper-tips for tens of decades." Experts baffled by unprecedented behavior of critically ...
The fate of the increasingly rare North Atlantic right whale has always been left up to humans. Once hunted nearly to extinction, their population is sharply declining again. Any hope for their ...
The Canadian government says it is taking steps this summer to protect North Atlantic right whales from lethal collisions ...
North Atlantic right whales’ ill-fated encounters with humans didn’t begin in 2017. By the early 1890s, commercial whalers had hunted them to the brink of extinction, according to NOAA.
North Atlantic right whales can be identified by white calluses on their head. They have a broad back without a dorsal fin and a long mouth that begins above the eye, according to the World ...
The North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium announced Monday the whale’s population dropped to 336 in 2020. This is the lowest the population has been in nearly 20 years, according to the consortium.
A North Atlantic right whale is seen in 2018 feeding in Cape Cod bay off the coast of Plymouth, Mass. As many as 70 right whales were seen in the area on Friday. Michael Dwyer/AP hide caption ...
The North Atlantic right whale population might be leveling off after years of decline, but the critically endangered species still faces significant threats as the whales keep "swimming along the ...
Baby North Atlantic Right Whale — One of Only 360 Left in the World — Dies After Vessel Strike The whale calf was first observed in January with serious injuries to its mouth and head By ...
North Atlantic right whales and speeding boats just don’t mix. When a boat strikes a North Atlantic right whale, it can cause traumatic injuries and even death. With only around 340 of these ...