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‘CSI on the ocean’: Whale researchers comb B.C. waters for eDNA

It was just after 8 a.m. when Gary Sutton and his crew spotted the signature black dorsal fins cutting through the…

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Canada

Killer whale rescue team continues efforts to coax calf to ocean

A flotilla of up to 10 vessels, taking advantage of the best tidal flows in days, was on the waters…

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Nova Scotia

At least 3 right whale calves have died so far this year, conservation group says

An international environmental organization is calling on the federal government to step up protections for endangered North Atlantic right whales beyond the 2023…

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North Pacific humpback whale numbers fall by 20%, but some scientists aren’t worried yet

A sprawling international study of humpback whales in the northern Pacific has found their population has shrunk significantly since 2012…

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Nova Scotia

A North Atlantic right whale found dead off the U.S. coast was hit by a ship, researchers say

A young North Atlantic right whale found dead off the coast of Georgia this week was killed by a ship,…

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‘Prolific’ killer whale matriarch Wake presumed dead after nearly a year without a sighting

An orca matriarch known as “one of the most prolific female killer whales” on record is presumed dead after nearly…

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Nova Scotia

9 North Atlantic right whale calves born so far this breeding season

One month into the breeding season for North Atlantic right whales, nine calves have been born. Amy Warren, an assistant…

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Canada

Another beluga dies at Marineland, bringing total whale deaths to 15 since 2019

Another beluga whale has died at Marineland, bringing the number of whales that have died at the Niagara Falls, Ont.,…

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Nova Scotia

Canada’s biggest lobster fishery on notice after right whale entanglement in Nova Scotia gear

The entanglement of a North Atlantic right whale in Canadian lobster gear earlier this year will increase scrutiny this season…

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Nova Scotia

Humpback whale photographed 40 years ago in Caribbean dies after beaching on Sable Island

WARNING: This story contains an image of a dead whale. A humpback whale died in early November after beaching itself on…

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