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North Atlantic right whales are running out of time. The House voted to delay lifesaving protections for another 7 years. Tell your U.S. senators to vote NO on H.R. 9436 and stop this deadly delay. #RightWhales #EndangeredSpecies #ProtectWhales

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Extinction Draws Closer for Ri...

North Atlantic right whales are running out of time. The House voted to delay lifesaving protections for another 7 years. Tell your U.S. senators to vote NO on H.R. 9436 and stop this deadly delay. #RightWhales #EndangeredSpecies #ProtectWhales

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Extinction Draws Closer for Ri...

North Atlantic right whales are running out of time. The House voted to delay lifesaving protections for another 7 years. Tell your U.S. senators to vote NO on H.R. 9436 and stop this deadly delay. #RightWhales #EndangeredSpecies #ProtectWhales

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Extinction Draws Closer for Ri...

North Atlantic right whales are running out of time. The House voted to delay lifesaving protections for another 7 years. Tell your U.S. senators to vote NO on H.R. 9436 and stop this deadly delay. #RightWhales #EndangeredSpecies #ProtectWhales

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Extinction Draws Closer for Ri...

Protections for endangered North Atlantic right whales might be delayed by nearly ten years. #rightwhales

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-07-23/endangered-right-whales-could-wait-almost-decade-for-new-u-s-protections

Protections for endangered North Atlantic right whales might be delayed by nearly ten years. #rightwhales

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-07-23/endangered-right-whales-could-wait-almost-decade-for-new-u-s-protections

Protections for endangered North Atlantic right whales might be delayed by nearly ten years. #rightwhales

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-07-23/endangered-right-whales-could-wait-almost-decade-for-new-u-s-protections

Endangered #rightwhales could wait almost a decade for new #US protections
New protections for endangered right #whales in #Atlantic postponed for nearly a decade under a plan that cleared a key hurdle in Washington with support of fishing and lobster industries.
Environmentalists say this could spell end for the vanishing whales, which can drown after getting tangled up in fishing gear or being struck by boats. There are only about 380 #NorthAtlantic right whales left.
https://apnews.com/article/right-whales-fishing-seafood-lobster-f84bc73f061ced0fffbef408caf947d8

Endangered #rightwhales could wait almost a decade for new #US protections
New protections for endangered right #whales in #Atlantic postponed for nearly a decade under a plan that cleared a key hurdle in Washington with support of fishing and lobster industries.
Environmentalists say this could spell end for the vanishing whales, which can drown after getting tangled up in fishing gear or being struck by boats. There are only about 380 #NorthAtlantic right whales left.
https://apnews.com/article/right-whales-fishing-seafood-lobster-f84bc73f061ced0fffbef408caf947d8

Endangered #rightwhales could wait almost a decade for new #US protections
New protections for endangered right #whales in #Atlantic postponed for nearly a decade under a plan that cleared a key hurdle in Washington with support of fishing and lobster industries.
Environmentalists say this could spell end for the vanishing whales, which can drown after getting tangled up in fishing gear or being struck by boats. There are only about 380 #NorthAtlantic right whales left.
https://apnews.com/article/right-whales-fishing-seafood-lobster-f84bc73f061ced0fffbef408caf947d8

Endangered #rightwhales could wait almost a decade for new #US protections
New protections for endangered right #whales in #Atlantic postponed for nearly a decade under a plan that cleared a key hurdle in Washington with support of fishing and lobster industries.
Environmentalists say this could spell end for the vanishing whales, which can drown after getting tangled up in fishing gear or being struck by boats. There are only about 380 #NorthAtlantic right whales left.
https://apnews.com/article/right-whales-fishing-seafood-lobster-f84bc73f061ced0fffbef408caf947d8

8/ The 2024-25 North Atlantic right whale calving season: 23 mother-calf pairs. Most since 2009. Fourth-highest ever. Total population: ~380. Scientists are cautiously optimistic. Every calf matters when you have 380 left. 🐋🍼 #RightWhales #OceanHope #WorldOceanDay

8/ The 2024-25 North Atlantic right whale calving season: 23 mother-calf pairs. Most since 2009. Fourth-highest ever. Total population: ~380. Scientists are cautiously optimistic. Every calf matters when you have 380 left. 🐋🍼 #RightWhales #OceanHope #WorldOceanDay

8/ The 2024-25 North Atlantic right whale calving season: 23 mother-calf pairs. Most since 2009. Fourth-highest ever. Total population: ~380. Scientists are cautiously optimistic. Every calf matters when you have 380 left. 🐋🍼 #RightWhales #OceanHope #WorldOceanDay

8/ The 2024-25 North Atlantic right whale calving season: 23 mother-calf pairs. Most since 2009. Fourth-highest ever. Total population: ~380. Scientists are cautiously optimistic. Every calf matters when you have 380 left. 🐋🍼 #RightWhales #OceanHope #WorldOceanDay

#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/

#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/

#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/

#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/

Dozens of nearly extinct whales found off the coast of Cape Cod

CAPE COD, Mass. – A group of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales were spotted off the coast…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #aerialsurvey #Cape #criticallyendangeredspecies #Endangeredspecies #NorthAtlantic #NorthAtlanticrightwhale #rightwhales #Science
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/411372/

Boaters warned to steer clear of endangered whales off Merritt Island

MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. – A new warning has been issued for boaters near Merritt Island after a critically-endangered…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #BrevardCounty #endangered #Environment #Florida #MerrittIsland #rightwhales #Science #Whales
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/360049/

Ocean creatures make stunning comeback after nearly being hunted to extinction: ‘Early sightings’

Researchers were delighted by the recovery of a previously critically endangered marine species’ population in South …
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #AustralianRightWhaleResearchProgram #baleenwhales #ClaireCharlton #FlindersUniversity #marinesanctuary #marinespecies #NorthAtlanticrightwhale #rightwhales #Science #SouthAustralia #southernrightwhale #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/153246/

#Whale #feeding zone discovery triggers call for protection
Satellite tracking of New Zealand southern #rightwhales, or #tohorā, has revealed a key feeding location about 500kms south of #Australia that needs to be protected, #scientists say.
"It turned out that one destination was by far the most popular," says Dr. Leena Riekkola, a Rutherford Postdoctoral Fellow. "90% of the whales traveled to a zone south of Australia, rich in prey, where different waters converge."
https://phys.org/news/2025-08-whale-zone-discovery-triggers.html

#Whale #feeding zone discovery triggers call for protection
Satellite tracking of New Zealand southern #rightwhales, or #tohorā, has revealed a key feeding location about 500kms south of #Australia that needs to be protected, #scientists say.
"It turned out that one destination was by far the most popular," says Dr. Leena Riekkola, a Rutherford Postdoctoral Fellow. "90% of the whales traveled to a zone south of Australia, rich in prey, where different waters converge."
https://phys.org/news/2025-08-whale-zone-discovery-triggers.html

#Whale #feeding zone discovery triggers call for protection
Satellite tracking of New Zealand southern #rightwhales, or #tohorā, has revealed a key feeding location about 500kms south of #Australia that needs to be protected, #scientists say.
"It turned out that one destination was by far the most popular," says Dr. Leena Riekkola, a Rutherford Postdoctoral Fellow. "90% of the whales traveled to a zone south of Australia, rich in prey, where different waters converge."
https://phys.org/news/2025-08-whale-zone-discovery-triggers.html

#Whale #feeding zone discovery triggers call for protection
Satellite tracking of New Zealand southern #rightwhales, or #tohorā, has revealed a key feeding location about 500kms south of #Australia that needs to be protected, #scientists say.
"It turned out that one destination was by far the most popular," says Dr. Leena Riekkola, a Rutherford Postdoctoral Fellow. "90% of the whales traveled to a zone south of Australia, rich in prey, where different waters converge."
https://phys.org/news/2025-08-whale-zone-discovery-triggers.html

#Whales move nutrients from Alaska to Hawaii in their urine, supporting tropical ecosystems https://phys.org/news/2025-03-whales-nutrients-alaska-hawaii-urine.html

Migrating #BaleenWhales transport high-latitude nutrients to tropical and subtropical ecosystems https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56123-2

"in oceans across the globe, great whales—including #RightWhales, #GrayWhales, and #humpbacks—transport about 4,000 tons of nitrogen each year to low-nutrient coastal areas in the tropics and subtropics. They also bring more than 45,000 tons of biomass"

#Whales move nutrients from Alaska to Hawaii in their urine, supporting tropical ecosystems https://phys.org/news/2025-03-whales-nutrients-alaska-hawaii-urine.html

Migrating #BaleenWhales transport high-latitude nutrients to tropical and subtropical ecosystems https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56123-2

"in oceans across the globe, great whales—including #RightWhales, #GrayWhales, and #humpbacks—transport about 4,000 tons of nitrogen each year to low-nutrient coastal areas in the tropics and subtropics. They also bring more than 45,000 tons of biomass"

#Whales move nutrients from Alaska to Hawaii in their urine, supporting tropical ecosystems https://phys.org/news/2025-03-whales-nutrients-alaska-hawaii-urine.html

Migrating #BaleenWhales transport high-latitude nutrients to tropical and subtropical ecosystems https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56123-2

"in oceans across the globe, great whales—including #RightWhales, #GrayWhales, and #humpbacks—transport about 4,000 tons of nitrogen each year to low-nutrient coastal areas in the tropics and subtropics. They also bring more than 45,000 tons of biomass"

#Whales move nutrients from Alaska to Hawaii in their urine, supporting tropical ecosystems https://phys.org/news/2025-03-whales-nutrients-alaska-hawaii-urine.html

Migrating #BaleenWhales transport high-latitude nutrients to tropical and subtropical ecosystems https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56123-2

"in oceans across the globe, great whales—including #RightWhales, #GrayWhales, and #humpbacks—transport about 4,000 tons of nitrogen each year to low-nutrient coastal areas in the tropics and subtropics. They also bring more than 45,000 tons of biomass"

A federal appeals court reinstated seasonal lobster fishing bans in a 200-nautical-mile area off New England’s coast to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. This decision aims to prevent deadly entanglements in fishing gear, which threatens the fewer than 380 remaining right whales. Environmental groups welcome this ruling as a crucial step toward conservation.

@goodnews

#GoodNews #RightWhales #Conservation #MarineLife #LobsterFishing
https://apnews.com/article/lobster-fishing-right-whales-seafood-court-949dd5ac80a571baf923895b96bde6ad

A federal appeals court reinstated seasonal lobster fishing bans in a 200-nautical-mile area off New England’s coast to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. This decision aims to prevent deadly entanglements in fishing gear, which threatens the fewer than 380 remaining right whales. Environmental groups welcome this ruling as a crucial step toward conservation.

@goodnews

#GoodNews #RightWhales #Conservation #MarineLife #LobsterFishing
https://apnews.com/article/lobster-fishing-right-whales-seafood-court-949dd5ac80a571baf923895b96bde6ad

A federal appeals court reinstated seasonal lobster fishing bans in a 200-nautical-mile area off New England’s coast to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. This decision aims to prevent deadly entanglements in fishing gear, which threatens the fewer than 380 remaining right whales. Environmental groups welcome this ruling as a crucial step toward conservation.

@goodnews

#GoodNews #RightWhales #Conservation #MarineLife #LobsterFishing
https://apnews.com/article/lobster-fishing-right-whales-seafood-court-949dd5ac80a571baf923895b96bde6ad

A federal appeals court reinstated seasonal lobster fishing bans in a 200-nautical-mile area off New England’s coast to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. This decision aims to prevent deadly entanglements in fishing gear, which threatens the fewer than 380 remaining right whales. Environmental groups welcome this ruling as a crucial step toward conservation.

@goodnews

#GoodNews #RightWhales #Conservation #MarineLife #LobsterFishing
https://apnews.com/article/lobster-fishing-right-whales-seafood-court-949dd5ac80a571baf923895b96bde6ad

#Whales can live way longer than scientists had thought, with potential #lifespans as much as double previous estimates
Southern #rightwhales have lifespans that reach well past 100yr, and 10% may live past 130 years. Some of these whales may live to 150. This #lifespan is almost double the 70-80 years they are conventionally believed to live.
North Atlantic right whales thought to have lifespan of about 70yr. But average only 22 years, and they rarely live past 50.
https://theconversation.com/whales-can-live-way-longer-than-scientists-had-thought-with-potential-lifespans-as-much-as-double-previous-estimates-245826

#Whales can live way longer than scientists had thought, with potential #lifespans as much as double previous estimates
Southern #rightwhales have lifespans that reach well past 100yr, and 10% may live past 130 years. Some of these whales may live to 150. This #lifespan is almost double the 70-80 years they are conventionally believed to live.
North Atlantic right whales thought to have lifespan of about 70yr. But average only 22 years, and they rarely live past 50.
https://theconversation.com/whales-can-live-way-longer-than-scientists-had-thought-with-potential-lifespans-as-much-as-double-previous-estimates-245826

#Whales can live way longer than scientists had thought, with potential #lifespans as much as double previous estimates
Southern #rightwhales have lifespans that reach well past 100yr, and 10% may live past 130 years. Some of these whales may live to 150. This #lifespan is almost double the 70-80 years they are conventionally believed to live.
North Atlantic right whales thought to have lifespan of about 70yr. But average only 22 years, and they rarely live past 50.
https://theconversation.com/whales-can-live-way-longer-than-scientists-had-thought-with-potential-lifespans-as-much-as-double-previous-estimates-245826

#Whales can live way longer than scientists had thought, with potential #lifespans as much as double previous estimates
Southern #rightwhales have lifespans that reach well past 100yr, and 10% may live past 130 years. Some of these whales may live to 150. This #lifespan is almost double the 70-80 years they are conventionally believed to live.
North Atlantic right whales thought to have lifespan of about 70yr. But average only 22 years, and they rarely live past 50.
https://theconversation.com/whales-can-live-way-longer-than-scientists-had-thought-with-potential-lifespans-as-much-as-double-previous-estimates-245826

#Biden Administration Withdraws Protections for #Endangered #Whales
Proposed rules would have slowed more #ships to prevent collisions with rare #NorthAtlantic #rightwhales
In Aug 2022, #NMFS proposed rules to lower the risk of #whale strikes by expanding existing slow zones and regulating more types of ships. But after bristling public debate over the rules and with just days left in President Biden’s term, the agency canned the suggested change.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/us/biden-administration-slow-ships-whales-proposal-withdraw.html
https://archive.ph/VozSC

#Biden Administration Withdraws Protections for #Endangered #Whales
Proposed rules would have slowed more #ships to prevent collisions with rare #NorthAtlantic #rightwhales
In Aug 2022, #NMFS proposed rules to lower the risk of #whale strikes by expanding existing slow zones and regulating more types of ships. But after bristling public debate over the rules and with just days left in President Biden’s term, the agency canned the suggested change.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/us/biden-administration-slow-ships-whales-proposal-withdraw.html
https://archive.ph/VozSC

#Biden Administration Withdraws Protections for #Endangered #Whales
Proposed rules would have slowed more #ships to prevent collisions with rare #NorthAtlantic #rightwhales
In Aug 2022, #NMFS proposed rules to lower the risk of #whale strikes by expanding existing slow zones and regulating more types of ships. But after bristling public debate over the rules and with just days left in President Biden’s term, the agency canned the suggested change.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/us/biden-administration-slow-ships-whales-proposal-withdraw.html
https://archive.ph/VozSC

#Biden Administration Withdraws Protections for #Endangered #Whales
Proposed rules would have slowed more #ships to prevent collisions with rare #NorthAtlantic #rightwhales
In Aug 2022, #NMFS proposed rules to lower the risk of #whale strikes by expanding existing slow zones and regulating more types of ships. But after bristling public debate over the rules and with just days left in President Biden’s term, the agency canned the suggested change.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/us/biden-administration-slow-ships-whales-proposal-withdraw.html
https://archive.ph/VozSC

A paper, published in Science Advances, suggests the industrial hunting of great #whales such as #sperm, #blue, #fin & #rightwhales “masked” the ability of these underwater giants to live to great ages.

It has been known since the 1990s that Arctic bowhead whales can reach 200 years old or more, as indicated by tests on their proteins in their eyes, & by old Inuit stone harpoon tips found embedded in bowheads that had survived earlier hunts.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/02/great-whales-longevity-lifespans-centuries-hunting-study-finds

Study reveals #rightwhales live 130 years—or more
Scientists working with Indigenous subsistence hunters in Utqiaġvik used chemical analysis of harvested #bowheadwhales to show they can live more than 200 years. Right #whales, which are much more closely related to bowhead whales than any other species, appear to exhibit similar #lifespans. The current study examined four decades of data collected by photo identification programs tracking individual whales.
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-reveals-whales-years.html

Study reveals #rightwhales live 130 years—or more
Scientists working with Indigenous subsistence hunters in Utqiaġvik used chemical analysis of harvested #bowheadwhales to show they can live more than 200 years. Right #whales, which are much more closely related to bowhead whales than any other species, appear to exhibit similar #lifespans. The current study examined four decades of data collected by photo identification programs tracking individual whales.
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-reveals-whales-years.html

Study reveals #rightwhales live 130 years—or more
Scientists working with Indigenous subsistence hunters in Utqiaġvik used chemical analysis of harvested #bowheadwhales to show they can live more than 200 years. Right #whales, which are much more closely related to bowhead whales than any other species, appear to exhibit similar #lifespans. The current study examined four decades of data collected by photo identification programs tracking individual whales.
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-reveals-whales-years.html

Study reveals #rightwhales live 130 years—or more
Scientists working with Indigenous subsistence hunters in Utqiaġvik used chemical analysis of harvested #bowheadwhales to show they can live more than 200 years. Right #whales, which are much more closely related to bowhead whales than any other species, appear to exhibit similar #lifespans. The current study examined four decades of data collected by photo identification programs tracking individual whales.
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-reveals-whales-years.html

Study reveals right #whales live 130 years—or more https://phys.org/news/2024-12-reveals-whales-years.html

Extreme longevity may be the rule not the exception in Balaenid whales https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adq3086

"Southern #RightWhales, once thought to live only 70 to 80 years, can exceed lifespans of 130 years, with some individuals possibly reaching 150 years. In contrast, the study found the average lifespan of the North Atlantic right whale is just 22 years, with very few individuals surviving past the age of 50."

Study reveals right #whales live 130 years—or more https://phys.org/news/2024-12-reveals-whales-years.html

Extreme longevity may be the rule not the exception in Balaenid whales https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adq3086

"Southern #RightWhales, once thought to live only 70 to 80 years, can exceed lifespans of 130 years, with some individuals possibly reaching 150 years. In contrast, the study found the average lifespan of the North Atlantic right whale is just 22 years, with very few individuals surviving past the age of 50."

Study reveals right #whales live 130 years—or more https://phys.org/news/2024-12-reveals-whales-years.html

Extreme longevity may be the rule not the exception in Balaenid whales https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adq3086

"Southern #RightWhales, once thought to live only 70 to 80 years, can exceed lifespans of 130 years, with some individuals possibly reaching 150 years. In contrast, the study found the average lifespan of the North Atlantic right whale is just 22 years, with very few individuals surviving past the age of 50."

Study reveals right #whales live 130 years—or more https://phys.org/news/2024-12-reveals-whales-years.html

Extreme longevity may be the rule not the exception in Balaenid whales https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adq3086

"Southern #RightWhales, once thought to live only 70 to 80 years, can exceed lifespans of 130 years, with some individuals possibly reaching 150 years. In contrast, the study found the average lifespan of the North Atlantic right whale is just 22 years, with very few individuals surviving past the age of 50."

Scientists add more #underwater #robots to monitor endangered #NorthAtlantic #rightwhales
In the race to protect the #endangered species, researchers are bringing in more underwater robots—unmanned vehicles known as gliders that slowly patrol the Gulf of St. Lawrence, passively listening for #whales.
Gliders can stay at sea for months, move far offshore and work in all types of weather. They’re equipped with underwater microphones that scientists use to track animals.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/scientists-add-more-underwater-robots-to-monitor-endangered-north-atlantic-right-whales-1.6946604

Scientists add more #underwater #robots to monitor endangered #NorthAtlantic #rightwhales
In the race to protect the #endangered species, researchers are bringing in more underwater robots—unmanned vehicles known as gliders that slowly patrol the Gulf of St. Lawrence, passively listening for #whales.
Gliders can stay at sea for months, move far offshore and work in all types of weather. They’re equipped with underwater microphones that scientists use to track animals.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/scientists-add-more-underwater-robots-to-monitor-endangered-north-atlantic-right-whales-1.6946604

Scientists add more #underwater #robots to monitor endangered #NorthAtlantic #rightwhales
In the race to protect the #endangered species, researchers are bringing in more underwater robots—unmanned vehicles known as gliders that slowly patrol the Gulf of St. Lawrence, passively listening for #whales.
Gliders can stay at sea for months, move far offshore and work in all types of weather. They’re equipped with underwater microphones that scientists use to track animals.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/scientists-add-more-underwater-robots-to-monitor-endangered-north-atlantic-right-whales-1.6946604

Scientists add more #underwater #robots to monitor endangered #NorthAtlantic #rightwhales
In the race to protect the #endangered species, researchers are bringing in more underwater robots—unmanned vehicles known as gliders that slowly patrol the Gulf of St. Lawrence, passively listening for #whales.
Gliders can stay at sea for months, move far offshore and work in all types of weather. They’re equipped with underwater microphones that scientists use to track animals.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/scientists-add-more-underwater-robots-to-monitor-endangered-north-atlantic-right-whales-1.6946604

Southern #RightWhales go for a dive https://oceanbites.org/southern-right-whales-go-for-a-dive/

Foraging dives of southern right #whales in relation to larger #zooplankton size prey availability in Golfo Nuevo, Península Valdés, #argentina Valeria D’Agostino et al. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-63879-y

"There are significantly more and larger zooplankton at the bottom during the day... female whales are taking risky and costly dives with their calves during the day for higher quality food when the #plankton are concentrated at the bottom."

Southern #RightWhales go for a dive https://oceanbites.org/southern-right-whales-go-for-a-dive/

Foraging dives of southern right #whales in relation to larger #zooplankton size prey availability in Golfo Nuevo, Península Valdés, #argentina Valeria D’Agostino et al. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-63879-y

"There are significantly more and larger zooplankton at the bottom during the day... female whales are taking risky and costly dives with their calves during the day for higher quality food when the #plankton are concentrated at the bottom."

Southern #RightWhales go for a dive https://oceanbites.org/southern-right-whales-go-for-a-dive/

Foraging dives of southern right #whales in relation to larger #zooplankton size prey availability in Golfo Nuevo, Península Valdés, #argentina Valeria D’Agostino et al. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-63879-y

"There are significantly more and larger zooplankton at the bottom during the day... female whales are taking risky and costly dives with their calves during the day for higher quality food when the #plankton are concentrated at the bottom."

Southern #RightWhales go for a dive https://oceanbites.org/southern-right-whales-go-for-a-dive/

Foraging dives of southern right #whales in relation to larger #zooplankton size prey availability in Golfo Nuevo, Península Valdés, #argentina Valeria D’Agostino et al. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-63879-y

"There are significantly more and larger zooplankton at the bottom during the day... female whales are taking risky and costly dives with their calves during the day for higher quality food when the #plankton are concentrated at the bottom."

Large number of #whale sightings off #NewEngland, including dozens of endangered sei whales https://phys.org/news/2024-06-large-whale-sightings-england-dozens.html

"A research flight made 161 sightings of seven different species of #whales on May 25 south of #MarthasVineyard and southeast of #Nantucket... The sightings included 93 of #SeiWhales, and that is one of the highest concentrations of the rare whale during a single flight... There were also endangered North Atlantic #RightWhales as well as humpback, fin, minke and #SpermWhales"