Underwater mics and machine learning aid right whale conservation
Cornell University researchers have developed a new method to estimate North Atlantic right whale numbers—offering a potentially safer and more cost-effective way to monitor this critically endangered ...
Right whale sighting off Ocean City, Maryland, coast: 'Slow Zone' in effect through March
The Ocean City buoy operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and University of Maryland Center for Environmental ...
North Atlantic right whale calf seen off New York, bringing total to 8 this calving season
A North Atlantic right whale mother and newborn calf pair has shown up in an unusual location for January, off the coast of New York.
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‘Once in a lifetime sighting’: Endangered whales spotted along the Gulf Coast
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Whale sightings aren’t uncommon along the Gulf Coast, but to see a North Atlantic Right Whale swimming along the Alabama shoreline is a rare sight. Captain Bobby Kelly ...
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SAVING THE NORTH PACIFIC RIGHT WHALE
A 2010 Center lawsuit, for example, helped cancel an oil and gas lease sale in Alaska's Bristol Bay, within the North Pacific right whale's critical habitat.
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Court restores protections for endangered whale species to prevent entanglement in fishing gear
Lethal entanglement in lobster fishing gear is one of the biggest threats to the North Atlantic right whale, which numbers less than 380 and is in decline. The other major threat is collisions ...
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Right whale mom and calf spotted in NY/NJ shipping lanes; NOAA urges boats to go slow
A mother whale and her calif were spotted close to the busy shipping lanes at the entrance to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. There are only about 370 right whales left, including ...