April 30, 2019
Stories tagged "whale"
March 9, 2019
Right Whales Are The Right Whale to Save – Just Ask Vineyard Wind
By Monica Medina There are fewer than 415 North Atlantic Right Whales remaining, with only 100 females of breeding age left in the population. This is one of the most endangered species on the planet, thanks to man-made threats like ship strikes and entanglement in...February 22, 2019
Environmental Groups Seek To Block Seismic Testing in the Atlantic
As part of their challenge to bar the government from drilling for oil and gas off the southeastern coast, a coalition of environmental groups asked a federal judge in South Carolina to force the government to suspend seismic airgun blast testing, which are used to...February 7, 2019
One Cool Thing: baby Humpback whale spotted minutes after birth
This rare video captures the precious first moments just after a humpback whale gave birth off the coast of Maui. Lars Bejder, the director of the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa’s Marine Mammal Research Program, said that this is the closest researcher has...January 16, 2019
One Happy Thing: A Baby Orca!
Great news for the Southern Resident Killer Whale population in Washington state whose numbers had been dwindling in recent years. Whale L77 has a new calf, known now as L124, which was born in the last few weeks. The Seattle PI reported that this new baby brings...January 10, 2019