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20% of world's right whales gathered off New England coast in unusual spot
BOSTON - About 75 North Atlantic right whales, representing about 20% of the critically endangered species' population worldwide, have gathered in an area off the coast of New England. A aerial ...
A pair of whales are making a baffling journey along the US Gulf Coast
Koala and Curlew, two endangered female North Atlantic right whales have gone off course, perplexing researchers.
Court restores protections for endangered whale species to prevent entanglement in fishing gear
A federal appeals court is reinstating rules designed to protect a vanishing whale species from entanglement in fishing gear.
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Court restores protections for critically endangered whales off New England
A Massachusetts court on Monday restored federal protections for endangered whales off New England against entanglement in ...
Conservation of endangered right whales faces 'serious setback' as U.S. drops proposed rule
The U.S. government recently dropped a proposed rule aimed at protecting the endangered North Atlantic right whale, a ...
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Anti-offshore wind group asks US for safe corridor for endangered whales along East Coast
Save LBI says NOAA has established two critical habitat areas for the right whale: one off the coast of New England, primarily for feeding, and one off the coasts of Georgia and South ...
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Whales recorded in large numbers off New Jersey coast
also reported numerous whales sightings off the New Jersey coast. "All of our whale watching partners have been seeing whales and dolphins in the Western NY Bight," the organization wrote on its ...
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Court restores protections for endangered whale species to prevent entanglement in fishing gear
The winter fishing ban is important to the whales' survival because it takes place during months in which the giant animals are present in large numbers off the New England coast, said a group of ...