Shutdown makes it tough for groups to help endangered whales
Rescuers who respond to distressed whales and other marine animals say the federal government shutdown is making it more difficult to do their work.
Rescuers who respond to distressed whales and other marine animals say the federal government shutdown is making it more difficult to do their work.
Ecology
Jan 23, 2019
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Airborne marine biologists were amazed by the sheer abundance and diversity of large marine wildlife in their recent aerial survey of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, the only marine national ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 14, 2018
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A New England ocean science center says whale watchers off Iceland caught an extremely rare glimpse of an endangered right whale near their country.
Plants & Animals
Jul 24, 2018
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Scientists no longer have to collect poop to get key data on the health of endangered right whales. A new study indicates that under the right conditions, scientist can get real-time hormonal data by collecting the spray ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 17, 2018
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Researchers off the coast of Provincetown said Saturday they'll keep trying to free an endangered North Atlantic right whale from fishing line wrapped around her jaw.
Plants & Animals
Apr 14, 2018
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Officials with the federal government say it's time to consider the possibility that endangered right whales could become extinct unless new steps are taken to protect them.
Ecology
Dec 10, 2017
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NOAA Fisheries researchers and colleagues at the New England Aquarium have developed a new model to improve estimates of abundance and population trends of endangered North Atlantic right whales, which have declined in numbers ...
Ecology
Sep 19, 2017
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Marine scientists are alarmed by the deaths of six endangered North Atlantic right whales in Canadian waters during the past three weeks and say humans must help protect them.
Ecology
Jun 30, 2017
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Twenty-five stranded sea turtles have been rescued from the chilly waters of Cape Cod.
Ecology
Nov 22, 2016
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The idea of taking apart a rat's heart and transforming it into a tissue-engineered stingray first came to Kevin Kit Parker during a trip to the New England Aquarium with his daughter.
Robotics
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