Photos: Decline of rare right whale appears to be slowing
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Right Whale Deaths FILE - A North Atlantic right whale feeds on the surface of Cape Cod bay off the coast of Plymouth, Mass., March 28, 2018. The decline of the North Atlantic right whale, one of the rarest whales in the world, appears to be slowing, but scientists warn the giants animals still face existential threats from warming oceans, ship collisions and entanglement in fishing gear. There are now an estimated 356 of the whales, the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium said Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File) (Michael Dwyer/AP)
American Whales Climate Change FILE - A North Atlantic right whale surfaces on Cape Cod Bay, in Massachusetts, on March 27, 2023. The loss of dissolved oxygen and changes to ocean chemistry due to warming waters threatened whale and other marine mammals according to a new study.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File, NOAA permit # 21371) (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)
CCS MAER Team Frees Humpback Whale off Cape Ann Members of the Center for Coastal Studies’ Marine Animal Entanglement Response team disentangled an entangled humpback off Cape Ann Saturday. Shown left to right: Emily Kelly, Paulette Durazo, and Bob Lynch. (Center for Coastal Studies, under NOAA NMFS permit #24359)
Rare footage of North Atlantic right whale mom and calf in Cape Cod Bay Rare footage of North Atlantic right whale mom and calf in Cape Cod Bay
1ST RIGHT WHALE Cape
North Atlantic right whale North Atlantic right whale. (NOAA Fisheries)
Gray whale gives birth right near whale watching boat
North Atlantic Right Whale Calving Season 2023 Porcia (#3293) and her calf were spotted southeast of Ossawbaw Island, Georgia on December 17, 2022. Portia is at least 26 years old and this is her third known calf. (NOAA)
North Atlantic Right Whale Calving Season 2023 (NOAA)
North Atlantic Right Whale Calving Season 2023 (NOAA)
North Atlantic Right Whale Calving Season 2023 (NOAA)
North Atlantic Right Whale Calving Season 2023 (NOAA)
Right whale mother and calf (MyFWC Florida Fish and Wildlife)
Right whale sighting The first two right whale mother-calf pairs were spotted off the coast of Georgia this week. (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission)
Right whales If you’re planning to boat or fish in the Atlantic Ocean this winter, Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission officials want you to keep a watchful eye out for one of the world’s most endangered large whale species. (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission)
Right Whale Decline FILE - A North Atlantic right whale feeds on the surface of Cape Cod bay off the coast of Plymouth, Mass., March 28, 2018. Scientists released new data on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, that showed a vanishing species of whale declined in population by about 2% last year. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File) (Michael Dwyer)
North Atlantic right whales Accordion (Catalog #4150) and Catalog #4501 captured in a surface active group on March 5. (CREDIT: New England Aquarium, taken under NOAA permit #25739)
Right Whales At Center of Expected Offshore Wind Lawsuit (Photo courtesy of State House News Service)
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