Articles related to "North Atlantic Right Whales"

Advances in passive acoustic monitoring are helping keep track of endangered whales. Right whales return to former killing ground and blue whales are singing off NYC.

The Sant Ocean Hall at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History emphasizes conservation science with hands-on experiences and computerized kiosks.

There are fewer than 300 North Atlantic Right whales left in the world and actions taken by mariners can make all the difference in protecting this endangered species.

A North Atlantic right whale is freed from fishing gear after being tracked since September. Effort highlights the many dangers faced by a critically endangered species.

Genetic studies prove that the right whales of the North Pacific are a separate species. But they in serious danger of extinction and very little is known about them

Fishermen help endangered North Atlantic right and finback whales which get enmeshed in fishing gear off of Campobello Island. Minke and humpbacks have also been rescued.

Hunting has brought the Right Whales close to extinction, their slow movements made them an easy target.

From April to October visit feeding grounds for humpback and other whales off Cape Cod National Seashore. . Tour Provincetown before or after your whale watch cruise.

Visitors to the new Sant Ocean Hall exhibit at the National Museum of Natural History can expect many startling revelations from its new show, "Going to Sea."