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Between January and last week, in a pattern earlier than most years, the Center for Coastal Studies’ Right Whale Ecology Program team had identified at least 171 individual whales in the bay — almost half of the nearly-extinct population of North Atlantic right whales. >> read more …
In early February, commercial fishermen spotted at least two endangered North Pacific right whales among a large group of around 20 whales. The whales were feeding in waters just northeast of a narrow strait in the Aleutian Islands. >> read more …
Sherri McConnell rushed to the balcony of her oceanfront condo in Daytona Beach, Florida, last week after a neighbor texted that she’d spotted a North Atlantic right whale mother and calf. >> read more …
An entangled North Atlantic right whale, known as Snow Cone, and her newborn calf have been spotted multiple times since December 2021. If you see them, or any right whale, move at least 500 yards away—it’s best for the whales and it’s the law. >> read more …
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Greater reliance on genetic testing of baby whales and their mothers can provide more accurate information about a rare species and increase the chances of saving them from extinction, according to the authors of a new scientific study. >> read more …
Collisions with vessels of all sizes—from recreational boats to large ocean-going ships—are one of the primary causes of elevated North Atlantic right whale injuries and deaths today. >> read more …
Last of the Right Whales tells the stories of several individuals in Canada and the United States who are committed to studying and saving the North Atlantic right whale. >> read more …
As North Atlantic right whale population numbers continue to drop, state and federal regulators have implemented gear changes and massive seasonal closures of fishing grounds to reduce the chance of entanglement in fishing gear by an estimated 60%. >> read more …
Right whale mom “Tripelago” was spotted the day after Christmas, seven miles east of Jekyll Island in Georgia, with her new calf. >> read more …
With an estimated 336 whales left, researchers at the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life (ACCOL) are working diligently to learn more about and protect this species, from right whale biologists conducting research via boats and planes to working in the laboratory to study their health and hormones. >> read more …