Before we jump into this episode, we want to extend a huge thank you to all who added their voice to the critical habitat campaign! We submitted over 2,000 signatures to NOAA Fisheries, and are hopeful that NOAA will make the right decision and expand the North Atlantic right whale critical habitat to include the…

A Right Whale Returns to Cape Cod Bay Four Years After  Disentanglement By Lisa Sette  Just before noon on February 12, 2015, the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) aerial team sighted  right whale “Chiminea (NEAq #4040)” inside Cape Cod Bay feeding just below the surface within a group of right whales.   Although it is not…

By Robert Rocha The death of any North Atlantic right whale (NARW) is bad news, especially when the death is accidental and avoidable. It is rare that any good comes out of such a situation.  But, much like the data collected at necropsies can be used to help formulate measures to protect living whales, so…

By Ashley Schaffert   Whales have been a big part of my life for as long as I can remember. Growing up in Buffalo, you wonder how a small child would be so obsessed with these giants, without ever seeing them or living near them. That is the beauty of these animals; they captivate people…

By Peter C. Stone So, who cares? That was the first question I heard when I began to learn about the story of the North Atlantic right whale. It seemed a fair one to ask, and might have applied to any number of species. Who does care? Why not worry about other creatures, the bugs…

Changing policies to help protect North Atlantic right whales is not just something that is important to WDC; we have been collaborating and joining forces with other conservation organizations to make a real impact for this critically endangered species.   This week’s Love Story episode comes from Sharon Young, the Marine Issues Field Director for the Human…

Guest Blog written by Anne Dimonti With 117 years of experience in environmental protection, the Audubon Society of Rhode Island’s (ASRI) mission has been to protect birds, other wildlife and their habitat through conservation, education and advocacy for the benefit of people and all living things. When ASRI was formed in 1897, we had only…

Calvin is not an acronym, Calvin is the name of a female North Atlantic right whale that was born in 1992.  Five of my 2003-4 students were born in that same year.  As seventh and eighth graders they were curious, energetic and idealistic.  They wanted to do something to help things get better in the…

Episode 1 Carl Safina What makes an animal “lovable”?  Images of puppies, pandas and elephants dominate the internet under this subject.  Even in the whale world there are many species who are impressive and “personable” (humpbacks, grey whales, most dolphins and porpoises) and make it easy to say “That’s my favorite animal!”.  The North Atlantic…