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Researchers hope a new technology will give them greater insight into what’s happening with critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. Department of Fisheries and Oceans scientist Andrew Wright has been using drones to study right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. >> read more …

North Atlantic right whales are on the brink of extinction. Fewer than 450 are left. They never recovered from the intensive hunting of the past and their situation is dire. But it’s only too late to save them when we stop trying. >> read more …

Mogul, an 11-year-old male right whale, was spotted June 21 feeding off the coast of Penmarc’h, France, in the Bay of Biscay. It’s a curious spot for a young right whale to find himself, said Heather Pettis, associate scientist at the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium. >> read more … Meer lezen

An important new paper just published documenting the cause of death in several North Atlantic right whale mortalities that occurred between 2003 and 2018. >> read more …

We have reached a critical juncture in the effort to conserve and recover the endangered North Atlantic right whale. There are 400 whales remaining and only 95 mature females capable of reproducing. >> read more …

Six individuals—more than 1 percent of the population—were found dead just this month, the latest entries in a troubling pattern. >> read more …

A sixth dead North Atlantic right whale has been discovered in the Gulf of St. Lawrence this year, Fisheries and Oceans Canada said Thursday evening, hours after announcing heightened protective measures for the endangered species. >> read more …

Two North Atlantic right whales were found floating dead in the Gulf of St. Lawrence on Tuesday, according to Fisheries and Oceans Canada. That brings the total to four confirmed North Atlantic right whale deaths in Canadian waters this year. >> read more …