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A whale thought to have died three years ago has suddenly reappeared off the coast of Massachusetts. Calvin, a North Atlantic ...
There were fewer than a dozen confirmed births of North Atlantic right whales this season, the fewest since 2020. The species ...
Officials said the whale, identified as a juvenile sperm whale, had "a peaceful and humane passing after a long journey." ...
Chris Gunn Imagine a species with fewer individuals ... But plastic pollution isn’t the worst threat facing Rice’s whales. Their home is a minefield of speeding ships, ear-splitting seismic ...
Massachusetts recognizes May 16 as Endangered Species Day, highlighting 453 endangered plants and animals. Eleven mammals are endangered, including six whale species and five bat species.
It was still alive around 7 p.m. May 4. Sperm whales are a federally-protected endangered species that dive thousands of feet under the surface to catch squid, according to marine biologist Amber ...
The International Union for Conservation of Nature, or the IUCN, considers sperm whales a vulnerable species. Species categorized as vulnerable face high risk of extinction in the wild ...
There are 224 species listed as endangered in Massachusetts. Eleven of them are mammals. Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales skim feed and sub-surface feed in the waters off of Cape Cod ...