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North Atlantic right whale skeleton found on the Thames in 2010 at Bay Wharf, Greenwich. The whale's scientific name is Eubalaena glacialis, which means "good, or true, whale of the ice". The cladogram is a tool for visualizing and comparing the evolutionary relationships between taxa. The point where a node branches off is analogous to an ...
A female North Atlantic right whale with her calf. During the mating season, which can occur at any time in the North Atlantic, right whales gather into "surface-active groups" made up of as many as 20 males consorting a single female. The female has her belly to the surface while the males stroke her with their flippers or keep her underwater.
Southern right whale, Eubalaena australis; Until recently, all right whales of the genus Eubalaena were considered a single species—E. glacialis. In 2000, genetic studies of right whales from the different ocean basins led scientists to conclude that the populations in the North Atlantic, North Pacific and Southern Hemisphere constitute three ...
After North Atlantic right whales calve in the southeast U.S. during winter, they migrate north to feeding grounds in New England and Canada, officials said. Cape Cod Bay has been the destination ...
North Atlantic right whales typically gather off Cape Cod and off Canadian shores. They were seen in July and August south of Long Island, New York.
There are about 370 North Atlantic right whales alive. The top of NOAA’s web page for the species offers a stark warning : “Endangered North Atlantic right whales are approaching extinction.”
Eating whale meat did not end with the Middle Ages in Europe, but rather, whale stock in nearby oceans collapsed due to overexploitation, especially the right whales around the Bay of Biscay. [5] Thus European whalers (the Basques, especially, were known for their expertise) had to seek out the New World to catch whales. [6]
A North Atlantic right whale recently stirred up excitement when it showed up in Donegal Bay off the northwestern coast of Ireland. It's been more than 100 years since the last positive ...