EnvironmentSaving the right whalesAs North Atlantic right whales migrate north for summer feeding, pandemic restrictions may hamper critical research—but they might also help keep them alive
CanadaThe fearless rescuers who save right whales from certain deathA North Atlantic right whale is tangled up in fishing gear and likely to die—unless this dauntless rescue team gets to him first
CanadaThe controversial ban on rescuing endangered right whalesThe death of a Canadian whale rescuer led Canada and the U.S. to ban operations on right whales—’a real insult’ to their work, says one rescuer
CanadaWhy are so many right whales dying in the Gulf of St. Lawrence?Tracing the ’horrific’ deaths of eight right whales that have perished in the region so far this year