“Encounters like this highlight both their [right whales’] resilience and the importance of international cooperation to support their recovery,” Daniel Palacios, director of the right whale ecology ...
BOSTON — A North Atlantic right whale sighted off Georgia with a serious entanglement is facing uncertain survival, experts say, highlighting the ongoing threats facing this critically endangered species, according to New England Aquarium... .
Division is the 168th right whale documented in NOAA's ongoing right whale Unusual Mortality Event, which has documented dead, seriously injured and health-compromised whales since 2017.Measures to prevent entanglements and vessel strikes.
Every female North Atlantic right whale and calf are vital to the endangered species’ recovery, NOAA Fisheries said.Where can I spot North Atlantic right whales in Florida? ... The right whale calving ...
It has a fairly bald head, lacking much evidence of white patches of sea lice that give each right whale its own distinct look, according to the NARW Consortium's inventory of right whales.
“So it’s uncommon for us to come across animals that we aren’t familiar with or aren’t in the general right whale catalog,” he said, referring to the North Atlantic right whale catalog that staff at ...
At least 2 North Atlantic right whale calves have been seen off the S.C. coast in the 2025-26 season. One was off Cape Romain, and the other off Litchfield Beach ... .
Four critically endangered North Atlantic right whales were spotted last month off the coast of Ocracoke ... “Maintaining speeds of 10 knots or less can help protect right whales from vessel collisions,” according to NOAA’s website.