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A female North Atlantic Right whale entangled in fishing gear

North Atlantic right whales are shrinking in size as they struggle to survive environmental havoc

Environment

North Atlantic right whales face a number of threats from climate change, vessel strikes, and entanglements in fishing gear, and scientists estimate that fewer than 400 remain. Now researchers have discovered that because of these stresses, the whales are smaller than they should be, which could be leading to fewer successful births.

North Atlantic right whale with calf in blue-green waters

Little time left to save the North Atlantic right whale

Environment
Northern right whales

Endangered right whales have moved because of climate change — into dangerous waters

Climate Change
Northern right whale with calf

The Northern right whale, already an endangered species, is in deep trouble

Environment

Right whale born in cold North Atlantic waters beats odds, survives winter

Environment
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Right Whales in the Wrong Place

A North Atlantic Right Whale mother and newborn calf have been spotted in Cape Cod Bay. These endangered Right Whales usually give birth in the more balmy waters of Florida and Georgia at this time of year.

Whale Alert: A New Smart App to Save Endangered Whales

Environment

A new smart app called “Whale Alert!” that has been designed to help prevent ships from colliding with endangered North Atlantic Right Whales.

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Whales vs. Gulls

In southern Argentina, one of the rarest whales in the world – the Right Whale – is under siege. Sea gulls have inexplicably begun to gouge out chunks of the whales’ flesh when the mammal comes to rest on the surface. Rachael Anne Goodman visited Argentina’s Penisula Valdes, the site where researchers first noted the […]

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Right Whales in Trouble

The world’s most endangered whale, the Northern Right Whale, spends much of its life off the coast of the eastern seaboard. Many scientists suspect the right whales’ love of coastal waters has lead to a stagnation of its small population. Humans inhabit these coastal waters too, with their oil tankers, naval vessels and fishing boats. […]

A Whale of a Sliver

A harpoon tip found lodged in a bowhead whale off the coast of Alaska gives scientists a good idea of the life-span of these elusive creatures.

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