New video from New England researchers captured a magical moment.
A North Atlantic right whale mother was spotted nursing her calf in Cape Cod Bay in new video from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, New England Aquarium, and Whale & Dolphin Conservation.
The calf is the mother’s 10th documented calf. One of her other calves was recently spotted in poor condition off the coast of North Carolina and has not been seen since January.
“Every single female North Atlantic right whale and calf are vital to the species’ recovery. These critically-endangered whales are dying faster than they can reproduce, largely due to entanglements in fishing gear and collisions with boats and ships,” says the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
There are less than 350 North Atlantic right whales left in the world, according to the Woods
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