Experts 'Cautiously Optimistic' After One of the World's Rarest Whale Species Grows to a Population of 384

The 2024 population estimate for the North Atlantic right whale, a critically endangered whale species, reached 384, a 2.1% ...
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Scientists cautiously optimistic after right whale numbers ticked up in 2024

The slowly rising numbers come after a decade of population declines. But threats including entanglement in fishing gear, ...

One of the world’s rarest whales that makes the Atlantic its home grows in population

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — One of the rarest whales on the planet has continued an encouraging trend of population growth in the ...
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North Atlantic right whale continues slow and steady recovery

Marine scientists in Massachusetts said population estimates for one of the rarest whale species on Earth continue to grow. The number of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales is now 384, ...
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This whale species is so rare it’s never been seen alive

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — It is the world’s rarest whale, with only seven of its kind ever spotted. Almost nothing is known about the enigmatic species. But on Monday a small group of ...
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Some species of baleen whales avoid attracting killer whales by singing too low to be heard

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales — those that have “baleen” in their mouths to sieve their plankton diet from the water. More solitary than toothed whales, baleen ...