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Rescuers Race to Free Entangled North Atlantic Right Whale

Rescuers Race to Free Entangled North Atlantic Right Whale

Since the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) began documenting an Unusual Mortality Event (UME) for North Atlantic right whales in 2017, 36 of the endangered species are known to have died. Researchers are hoping an entangled female whale swimming in Cape Cod Bay won’t be one of them.  Along with vessel strikes, fishing gear […]

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    American Lobster Added to ‘Red List’ of Unsustainable Seafood Due to Dangers to North Atlantic Right Whales

    American Lobster Added to ‘Red List’ of Unsustainable Seafood Due to Dangers to North Atlantic Right Whales

    If you want to eat only sustainable seafood, American lobster (Homarus americanus) is now off the menu. The Monterey Bay Aquarium’s influential consumer and retail guide Seafood Watch has added the crimson crustaceans to its “Red List” of seafoods to avoid because of the dangers that lobster pots pose to critically endangered North Atlantic right […]

    In Comeback Moment, Up to 150 Fin Whales Spotted Feeding off Antarctica

    In Comeback Moment, Up to 150 Fin Whales Spotted Feeding off Antarctica

    In 1982, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) voted to ban the practice of commercial whaling that had driven several species to the brink of extinction, as The New York Times reported at the time.  Now, a new study published in Scientific Reports Thursday shows how that decision has borne fruit. The study reported the first […]

    Humpback Whale Named Valiant Chases Away Nine Threatening Orcas

    Humpback Whale Named Valiant Chases Away Nine Threatening Orcas

    Orcas are fearsome predators that have taken on everything from blue whales to great white sharks.  But one humpback whale named Valiant was able to turn the table on the aptly-named killer whales in an incident observed by whale watchers off of Canada’s Vancouver Island April 12.  “There’s something happening in front of us that […]