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Right Whales
Identifying Soon-to-be Right Whale MomsDecember 17, 2021
Scientists can test whales for the hormone progesterone to detect pregnancy....Read More
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Right Whale Population Declines for 10th Straight YearOctober 25, 2021
Scientists say there are just 336 North Atlantic right whales left in the world. The species struggles due to entanglement, vessel strikes, and the shifting of food sources due to climate change....Read More
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18th Right Whale Mother Discovered Off Brier Island, Nova ScotiaJune 3, 2021
On May 20, Amy Tudor, a naturalist for Mariner Cruises Whale Watching on Brier Island, Nova Scotia, was on the ferry heading towards Long Island, N.S. when she spotted something special....Read More
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Meet the newest North Atlantic right whale mother and calf pairsFebruary 14, 2021
December through March is calving season for North Atlantic right whales. This year has been special for the critically endangered right whales because of the number of calves and first-time mothers. ...Read More
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Dead Right Whale Calf IdentifiedJuly 2, 2020
New England Aquarium researchers have confirmed the identity of a dead whale discovered off New Jersey as a young 6-month-old calf...Read More
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Mother of Injured Whale Calf Is an Extraordinary WhaleJanuary 16, 2020
Derecha the North Atlantic right exhibited several behaviors that are not traditional for other right whale mothers....Read More
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Right Whale Discovered Pregnant in August, Spotted with New CalfJanuary 6, 2020
Harmonia, a storied and well-studied North Atlantic right whale discovered pregnant in August, was spotted on January 2, 2020, with new calf off the Georgia coast....Read More
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Predicting the Birth of a Right Whale CalfDecember 23, 2019
Predicting the Birth of a Right Whale Calf...Read More
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First Right Whale Calf of 2020 Season Sighted off GeorgiaDecember 18, 2019
The first North Atlantic right whale calf of the 2019-2020 season was spotted Monday, December 16, 2019, off the coast of Georgia. ...Read More
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One Final Day in the GulfOctober 16, 2019
Since this is a rare species in these parts, we were ecstatic to get a good look at it; for many of the team, this was a new species sighting...Read More
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Nine Busy Days in the Gulf of St. LawrenceAugust 22, 2019
The third and last leg of the July cruise in the Gulf of St. Lawrence turned out to last an impressive nine days straight at sea....Read More
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Scientists Spot First Right Whale Calf of the SeasonDecember 31, 2018
The year is ending on a positive note for the endangered North Atlantic right whale population as scientists spot the first calf of the 2018-2019 calving season!...Read More
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This Year’s Right Whale Moms (So Far)May 15, 2017
This Year's Right Whale Moms...Read More
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Right Whales of the Gulf of St. LawrenceSeptember 22, 2016
We did photograph a handful of other right whales east of Percé (QC) and Miscou Island (NB) that also deserve to be mentioned...Read More
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The Importance Of Seeing CalvesSeptember 6, 2016
It's been so great to see all of these calves looking fat and healthy, and a relief to know that we will be able to identify them as they grow older...Read More
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Punctuation’s CalfJune 30, 2016
Punctuation and her calf were one of the pairs that remained in CCB late into April, and were last seen on April 28. On May 5, the right whale community received news we all dread to hear....Read More
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Learning How to Eat PlanktonJune 2, 2016
This year, North Atlantic right whales began feeding in large numbers earlier than usual in Cape Cod Bay. A few of the calves were observed learning how to feed on plankton....Read More