An endangered North Atlantic right whale was found dead offshore near Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, marking the 40th death in the ongoing “unusual mortality event” impacting the species.
Federal authorities say an increasingly deadly year for the endangered North Atlantic right whale got worse this week when another member of the species was killed in a collision with...
NOAA and other environment groups have advocated for slower boat speeds, because a majority of right whale deaths have been attributed to vessel strikes or entanglement.
Another endangered North Atlantic right whale turned up dead off the coast of Virginia late last month. A necropsy found the whale, a mother to a young calf, had suffered “catastrophic injuries” consistent with being struck by a ship, according to a release from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric …
An increasingly deadly year for the endangered North Atlantic right whale got worse this week when another member of the species was killed in a collision with a ship, federal authorities said Thursday.
After a necropsy was completed April 2, experts found “catastrophic injuries” and a “complete dislocation of the whale’s spine and fractures to all vertebrae in the lower back.”
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