Last Year the North Atlantic Right Whale Population Increased to 372. Then 2024 Happened.

Yesterday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released the updated population abundance estimate for North Atlantic right whales as of November 2023. At that time, there were approximately 372 animals alive in the world, up from the 2022 population estimate of 356. The newly released estimate for 2023 included 12 calves of the year.
The species is still endangered, experiencing an ongoing Unusual Mortality Event, that began in 2017 and is marked by gear entanglements and vessel strikes as being the most frequent causes of...
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