North Atlantic right whale mother "Swerve" and calf, one of the mother/calf pairs in the 2023/2024 calving season, sighted south of Chatham in April. Photo taken by the Center for Coastal Studies ...

The Canadian government says it is taking steps this summer to protect a vanishing species of whale from lethal collisions ...

NOAA Fisheries announced Jan. 15 that it withdrew a proposal that would have expanded existing right whale protections. Collisions with boats traveling at higher speeds are more likely to be fatal ...

NOAA Fisheries on Wednesday announced it is tabling a proposal to strengthen protections for critically endangered North Atlantic right whales against vessel strikes.. The decision was welcomed by ...

There was both excitement and concern expressed after a North Atlantic right whale mother and calf were spotted Monday close to the busy shipping lanes at the entrance to the Port Authority of New ...

Beginning in 2017, NOAA said that North Atlantic right whales have been undergoing an “unusual mortality event” caused by human impacts. The species’ deaths are outpacing its births and, ...

Right whale mother Swerve and her calf, born in the 2023-2024 calving season. (Center for Coastal Studies under NOAA permit 25740-02) ...

NOAA withdraws North Atlantic right whale proposal. By Daniel Cusick | 01/15/2025 01:27 PM EST . The speed limit rule for boats 35 feet or longer was initially rolled out in 2022 and sat at the ...

Black Heart, a 19-year-old North Atlantic right whale, was the first spotted in the Southeast of this year’s calving season. There are only about 370 of the endangered whales left, and ...

North Atlantic right whales are among the most endangered whales in the world and deaths are outpacing births. They have been experiencing an Unusual Mortality Event since ... according to NOAA.

According to NOAA, North Atlantic right whales are approaching extinction. Officials said entanglements in fishing gear and vessel strikes are big threats to the species. Share ...

In 2024, vessel strikes have killed three North Atlantic right whales, including one calf and the mother of another calf that has since gone missing and is presumed dead. A NOAA dashboard ...