As federal regulators look to impose limits on fishing lines that can entangle an endangered whale species, a bipartisan group of Maine lawmakers is rallying to block rules they say could tank the state's lucrative lobster ...
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Oct 14, 2022
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New satellite imagery research led by the University of Ottawa is the first to identify a specific endangered Gulf of St. Lawrence North Atlantic right whale from space.
Ecology
Oct 13, 2022
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The North Atlantic right whale is currently one of the most endangered whale species, listed as Critically Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Plants & Animals
Oct 13, 2022
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A string of whale deaths in recent days in southern Argentina have worried scientists, who think a micro-algae could be to blame.
Ecology
Oct 5, 2022
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Southern right whales come to Australian shores to breed and calve during the cooler months but their whereabouts during the summer has remained a long-standing mystery, until now.
Plants & Animals
Sep 6, 2022
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One is the largest animal known to have ever existed. The other is a revered predator at the top of its food chain. But would a blue whale and a great white shark ever find themselves at odds with each other in the wild?
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Photographs shared by members of the public, via Facebook and nature-watching network iNaturalist, helped scientists assess how the species is faring around the Aotearoa New Zealand mainland.
Ecology
Aug 12, 2022
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Today, NOAA Fisheries announced proposed changes to vessel speed regulations to further protect North Atlantic right whales from death and serious injuries resulting from collisions—part of a multifaceted approach to stabilize ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 1, 2022
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The U.S. government on Monday agreed to a request from environmental groups to study increasing critical habitat designations in Alaska waters for North Pacific right whales, one of the rarest whale species in the world.
Ecology
Jul 12, 2022
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The number of whales entangled in fishing gear has declined recently, but the entanglements remain a critical threat to rare species, the federal government said in a report released Tuesday.
Ecology
Jun 28, 2022
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