The whales give birth off the southeastern U.S. in the winter and spring and migrate north to New England and Canada to feed.

The Canadian government says it is taking steps this summer to protect a vanishing species of whale from lethal collisions with ships in its waters. The whale is the North Atlantic right whale ...

Photo of North Atlantic right whales in 2016. The Canadian government says it is taking steps this summer to protect a vanishing species of whale from lethal collisions with ships in its waters.

The Canadian government says it is taking steps this summer to protect a vanishing species of whale from lethal collisions with ships in its waters.

The Canadian government says it is taking steps this summer to protect North Atlantic right whales from lethal collisions ...

The whale is the North Atlantic right whale, which numbers only about 370. The whales give birth off the southeastern U.S. in the winter and spring and migrate north to New England and Canada to feed.