North Atlantic Right Whale Breach (IMAGE)

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

North Atlantic Right Whale Breach

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A North Atlantic right whale breaches in the Bay of Fundy. New research shows that rapid warming in the Gulf of Maine's depths is changing food availability and increasing risk to these whales -- one of the world's most endangered animals.

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Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life, New England Aquarium

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