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The first North Atlantic right whale calf of the season safely reached Cape Cod Bay with its mother this week. The news came the same day another new mother of the species was reported dead off Virginia, killed by “catastrophic injuries” from a boat collision, also known as a vessel strike. Her calf, born in December, has disappeared and is unlikely to survive.
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This story was reported in collaboration with Science Friday and WCAI. Read the original reporting on Science Friday's website.
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Offshore wind developments and critically endangered right whales are sharing the same waters off our coast, which has raised the question: how safely can they coexist? CAI’s Eve Zuckoff has spent the last few months talking to scientists and cutting through misinformation.
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The New England Aquarium (NEAQ) recently spotted 31 right whales across two groups in the Great South Channel, which is east of Nantucket and Cape Cod.
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The whale, known as "5120," was found on an Edgartown beach with rope deeply embedded in her tail. Earlier this month, officials attributed her death to chronic entanglement wounds.
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Scientists have been watching the critically endangered right whale, which was recently found dead on Martha’s Vineyard, since she was born three years ago. From Florida to Newfoundland, they have more than 30 records of her. This is the story a right whale’s life, and its potential lasting impact.
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During a post-mortem exam known as a necropsy, experts from the International Fund for Animal Welfare noted how thin the young female was, with rope deeply embedded in her tail.
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The whale, a young female, was found dead on Sunday night. Since then, crews from the International Fund for Animal Welfare and other organizations have worked to move the whale, examine it, and bury the remains.A preliminary report about how the whale died is expected soon.
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A critically endangered right whale washed up dead on Martha's Vineyard earlier this week. It is the first dead right whale to come ashore in Massachusetts in six years.
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Boat collisions and entanglements in roping and fishing gear are the leading causes of death for the whales, whose population stands at just 350.