right whale

Top Tweets
Smiling people with signs marching in support of science.
A blue and white ship at sea with LNG written on the side of it.
Illustration of arm "netting " smokestack emissions
Boy immersed up to nose in floodwaters

Maine lobster is losing its ‘sustainable’ label due to risk to whales

Two seafood guides have weighed against eating Maine's famed lobster, citing concerns over endangered North Atlantic right whales getting entangled in fishing rope.
south fork wind pollution biodiversityb

South Fork Wind adopts enhanced right whale protections

A new conservation agreement ensures that an offshore wind project set to supply New York with enough renewable power for 70,000 homes incorporates important enhanced protections for the endangered North Atlantic right whale.

These whales are so decimated that a single birth was cheered by scientists

These whales are so decimated that a single birth was cheered by scientists

Slalom the North Atlantic right whale, survivor of multiple deadly fishing net entanglements, gave birth. But can mother and calf survive dangerous, human-infested waters?
It’s tough being a right whale these days
www.theatlantic.com

It’s tough being a right whale these days

Life can be hell for giants of the deep—but does it have to be?
ORIGINAL REPORTING
MOST POPULAR
CLIMATE