Climate Change
Endangered Whale ‘Likely to Die’ After Suspected Vessel Strike. Proposed NOAA Rules Could Prevent Future Collisions, Scientists Say
Expanded whale “school zones” could help prevent boat collisions, but proposed rules are facing backlash from the boating industry.
In late November, scientists identified a North Atlantic right whale, nicknamed Juno, breaching the waters off the coast of Georgetown, South Carolina, with a days-old calf by her side, the first documented birth of the season.