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An aerial survey team spotted North Atlantic right whale Catalog #5132 entangled in fishing gear off the coast of North Carolina on Dec. 16, 2024. Federal officials say the young male, who has several lines crossing over and wrapping his head and mouth, is likely to die from his injuries.
Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, taken under NOAA Fisheries Permit #26919
The endangered right whales' median age at death is about 22. Southern right whales, a closely related species, generally live into their seventies. The difference? Southern whales aren’t facing entanglements in fishing gear and boat collisions at the same rate.
A group of people on a boat look up at an offshore wind turbine in the ocean. Some of the people are holding microphones or cameras. The turbine is one base cylinder with three blades that rotate as the wind hits them.
David Lawlor
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Rhode Island PBS
Journalists from the New England News Collaborative had a rare chance to see Vineyard Wind, the nation's largest standing offshore wind project.