New research by an international team of scientists reveals that endangered North Atlantic right whales are in much poorer body condition than their counterparts in the southern hemisphere.
Ecology
Apr 23, 2020
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Whale researchers in New England believe they've found a new way to measure the amount of stress felt by whales when they experience traumas such as entanglements in fishing gear, and they say the technique could help protect ...
Plants & Animals
May 29, 2019
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Scientists who work with live organisms often have to move them between locations. This requires knowing what conditions creatures can tolerate well, and also can involve some unusual packing challenges. Here three researchers ...
Ecology
Jan 25, 2019
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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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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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Allowing underwater seismic surveys for oil and gas to be conducted off the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and Southeast coasts could pose a substantial threat to one of the world's most critically endangered whale species, a group of ...
Ecology
Apr 15, 2016
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The killer whales that spend time in the inland waters of Washington state already are tagged and tracked, photographed and measured.
Plants & Animals
Mar 30, 2016
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