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Georgia wildlife biologists and other staff helped free an endangered North Atlantic Right Whale from most of the fishing gear it was tangled in late last month, ...
A rare North Atlantic right whale was found dead this week off the coast of Georgia, the second fatality in recent weeks involving the critically endangered species, the federal agency that ...
This photo provided by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources shows a DNR boat crew assessing a dead juvenile right whale about 20 miles off Tybee Island, Ga., Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024.
The discovery of the whale carcass floating off the Georgia coast comes more than two weeks after another young female right whale was found dead off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, on Jan. 28 ...
The first Atlantic right whale spotted in the current season was found dead on the Georgia coast after being struck by a passing vessel. St. Joseph's/Candler at 150: From Yellow Fever to regional ...
This photo provided by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources shows a DNR boat crew assessing a dead juvenile right whale about 20 miles off Tybee Island, Ga., Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024 ...
Of the nine North Atlantic right whales that have died in 2024, six had ties to the waters off Georgia: Jan. 5: A female that had birthed her calf off the coast near the Georgia-Florida line is ...
A severely injured endangered right whale calf thought to have little chance to live was spotted off the Georgia coast last week, boosting experts’ hopes that the animal might beat the odds and ...
NOAA says it has assessed cival penalties of nearly $1 million in 56 cases involving vessels violating the speed limits in right whale speed zones in 2022 and 2023.
Days after a yearling right whale born last year delighted whale watchers by reappearing off the Central Florida coast, she was found dead near Savannah, Georgia on Feb. 15 with signs of blunt ...
The Wildlife Resources Division -- Georgia Department of Natural Resources has provided several updates on right whale activity from the Carolinas to Florida.
Government scientists say a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale has been found dead off the coast of Georgia, marking the rare species' second fatality in the past month.