#rightwhale — Public Fediverse posts
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Scientists hunting #mammoth #fossils found #whales 400 km inland
It looked like Wooller and team might have found evidence mammoths lived in central #Alaska just 2,000ya. But #DNA revealed that two “mammoth” bones actually belonged to North #Pacific #rightwhale and a #minkewhale—which raised a whole new set of questions. The team’s hunt for Alaska’s last mammoth had turned into an epic case of mistaken identity, starring two whale species and a mid-century fossil hunter.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/scientists-hunting-mammoth-fossils-found-whales-400-km-inland/ -
#NOAA issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that questions the need to continue the North #Atlantic #RightWhale Vessel Speed Rule which has been in place since 2008. The rule requires vessels 65 feet or longer to slow to 10 knots in seasonal management areas along the #US east coast where, and when, critically #endangered North Atlantic #rightwhales are known to aggregate.
NOAA confirmed the rule reduced risk to right #whales by up to 90%
https://us.whales.org/2026/03/04/noaa-questions-the-ongoing-need-to-protect-endangered-whales-from-vessel-strikes/ -
#Endangered #NorthAtlantic #RightWhale Population Is Slowly Increasing, Scientists Say
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A North Atlantic right whale 🐋 has been spotted off the coast of Newfoundland. There are only an estimated 372 left in the world, according to Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/right-whale-newfoundland-1.7586659
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Une baleine noire de l’Atlantique Nord a été vue au large de la côte de Terre-Neuve. Il en reste qu’environ 372 au monde, selon Pêches et Océans Canada.#Newfoundland #TerreNeuve #Whales #Baleines #RightWhale #BaleineNoire
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First-Ever #Intersex Southern #RightWhale Discovered Among 36-Year-Old Crossbow Skin Samples
Like humans, #whales’ #chromosomes most commonly express either XX or XY for female or male sex, respectively. However, a little something called the sex-determining region Y #gene (or SRY) threw a spanner in the works, because it only exists on the Y chromosome, and yet upon further testing, XX Eau10b was positive for it.
https://www.iflscience.com/first-ever-intersex-southern-right-whale-discovered-among-36-year-old-crossbow-skin-samples-78713
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Efforts to protect #endangered North Atlantic right #whales get $500K boost https://ca.news.yahoo.com/efforts-protect-endangered-north-atlantic-205440652.html
"#NOAA officials hailed the grant from the #Biden admin as a key moment in their fight to prevent the #extinction of the #RightWhale, with only ~360 individuals remaining... the money will go toward working with #NASA to develop new tagging technologies allowing observers to more accurately identify and track the remaining #RightWhales to prevent entanglement in #fishing gear, vessel strikes"
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Right Whale from the shore at Race Point Beach, Provincetown MA 04/14/23 #RightWhale #rightwhales #whale #whales #marinemammals #animals #whalephotography #SaveTheWhales #Nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #whalesofmastodon #RightWhaletoSave #provincetown #massachusetts #capecod #newengland
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Right Whale from the shore at Race Point Beach, Provincetown MA 04/14/23 #RightWhale #rightwhales #whale #whales #marinemammals #animals #whaletail #whalephotography #SaveTheWhales #Nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #whalesofmastodon #RightWhaletoSave #provincetown #massachusetts #capecod #newengland