Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Jenn Thornhill Verma
Publication Date: July 29, 2025 - 06:00
Ship strikes jeopardize the endangered North Atlantic right whale’s survival
July 29, 2025
This is the fourth story in a series on Canada-U.S. cross-border measures to protect North Atlantic right whales.
In the waters off the coast of New York and New Jersey, on a February morning with low-lying clouds and fresh snow, a North Atlantic right whale calf is spotted rolling over its mother’s back, revealing distinctive propeller scars behind the adult female’s blowholes.
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