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- FINAL Right
Whale Migration Update: May 26, 1999
As the migration season draws to a close, we thank whale expert Anne
Smrcina for another fantastic season! Right whales have now left the Cape Cod Bay/Stellwagen
Bank critical habitat, but will it smooth swimming from this point on? Plus, Anne
sends two Web sites to track the whales this summer!
- Right Whale
Migration Update: April 28, 1999
This has been a sad week for right whale researchers, and us all.
Because there are only an estimated 300 right whales alive today, how much impact
does the loss of one Right Whale have?
- Right Whale
Migration Update: April 14, 1999
No mother-calf pairs to report yet from Stellwagen Bank. However,
researchers are still hopeful from what they've seen lately. Is it too late in the
season for Right Whale calving? Also, find out what the whales are feeding on now.
- Right Whale
Migration Update: March 31, 1999
Air and sea patrols are spotting lots of whales, but how many calves?
Right Whales have been seen in Cape Cod Bay skim feeding. Learn why so few whales
live to a ripe old age.
- Right Whale
Migration Update: March 17, 1999
More right whale sightings this week in northern waters, but we're
still waiting hopefully for the first mother/calf pairs. Many scientists believe
right whales could live to the ripe old age of 100 years or more. So why do you think
there are so few?
- Right Whale
Migration Update: March 3, 1999
Right whales usually more north at the end of February, as this week's
sightings in Cape Cod Bay confirm. Seeing is believing, but how about radio-tags?
What are scientists learning about interpreting this high tech data?
- Right Whale
Migration Update: February 17, 1999
We know scientists are interested in whales' long range migration--where
they go to calve, breed and feed--but local movements are important too. Chris Slay
of the New England Aquarium's Right Whale Research Group explains why. Make your
own hypotheses about right whales from the data these scientists are collecting.
- Right Whale
Migration Update: February 3, 1999
Right Whales are the most endangered of all great whales, yet here
Anne Smricina provides rare sightings of these rare whales. Her network of scientists
and observers extends from Florida to Massachusetts. But why do you suppose the right
whales are in southern as well as northern waters at this time of year?
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