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NOAA: Critically Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales Getting Smaller, New Research Finds
June 04, 2021
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, June 4 (TNSJou) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following feature story:

Entanglements in fishing gear and other factors are stunting the growth of North Atlantic right whales. This is leaving these critically endangered whales smaller and more vulnerable to other threats, new research shows.

The new findings were published this week in Current Biology. They reveal that even when entanglements do not lead direct . . .

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