right whale

noun

Definition of right whale

: any of several large baleen whales (family Balaenidae and especially genus Eubalaena) that lack a dorsal fin and have very long baleen plates, an extremely large head with a V-shaped blowhole, a smooth throat, short, broad, rounded flippers, and whitish protuberances of thickened skin about the head

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And Spruill recently teamed up with congressmen Seth Moulton and John Rutherford to pen a column about saving the North Atlantic right whale from extinction. — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, "New England Aquarium takes a more active role in climate-change fight," 8 July 2019 Marine biologists have recorded singing from the rare North Pacific right whale for the first time. — Helen Murphy, PEOPLE.com, "The Song of One of the Rarest Whales in the World Has Been Recorded for the First Time," 20 June 2019 The number of eastern North Pacific right whales is estimated at just 30 animals from a population largely wiped out by whalers. — Dan Joling, Anchorage Daily News, "For first time, scientists record singing by rare North Pacific right whale," 19 June 2019 Tittensor pointed to lobsters off Maine and North Atlantic right whales as examples of creatures already being hurt by global warming hitting the ocean. — Seth Borenstein, latimes.com, "Global warming may reduce fish and other sea life by 17% by the year 2100," 11 June 2019 Three North Atlantic right whales were spotted in the area, which is 19 nautical miles south of Martha’s Vineyard. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, "New England news in brief," 26 Apr. 2018 Researchers with the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium in Boston captured 100 blow samples from 46 right whales over eight days off the East Coast. — David Sharp, The Seattle Times, "Study: Blowhole spray can provide fast data on whale health," 17 July 2018 The Navy has agreed to restrict noisy training activities in certain parts of the Atlantic Ocean in order to help save the North Atlantic right whale. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "The U.S. Navy Is Limiting Noisier Activities to Protect an Endangered Whale," 15 Nov. 2018 There are an estimated 430 North Atlantic right whales, with just 100 females capable of reproduction. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "The U.S. Navy Is Limiting Noisier Activities to Protect an Endangered Whale," 15 Nov. 2018

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