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20% of world's right whales gathered off New England coast in unusual spot
BOSTON - About 75 North Atlantic right whales, representing about 20% of the critically endangered species' population worldwide, have gathered in an area off the coast of New England. A aerial ...
Biden Administration Withdraws Proposal to Expand Protections for Rare Whales
The proposed rules would have slowed more ships to prevent collisions with endangered North Atlantic right whales.
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Federal agency backs down from protecting rare whale that calves off Florida
The most famous fictional tale about a whale is, of course, Moby Dick. Captain Ahab is obsessed with finding and killing the ...
Conservation of endangered right whales faces 'serious setback' as U.S. drops proposed rule
A recent decision by the U.S. government to drop a proposed rule aimed at protecting endangered North Atlantic right whales ...
New funding will help Saint Mary's researchers update database of right whale DNA
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has awarded Saint Mary’s University a contract to update the DNA database of one of ...
Environmentalists say Trump’s energy order would subvert the Endangered Species Act
Environmental groups concerned about loss of protections for vanishing animals see one of President Donald Trump’s early ...
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The Rice’s Whale: A Whole New Species of Whale Discovered In 2021
Although we humans certainly do like to think of ourselves as smart, we only just discovered a new species of whale. The Rice's whale.
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Biden administration withdraws rules to save endangered whales from collisions
They have been a protected species for many years but have been slow to recover. The whales migrate from their calving grounds off Florida and Georgia to feeding grounds off New England and Canada.