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Monarch and her calf.
Center for Coastal Studies Right Whale Ecology Program
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New England Aquarium
The estimated population of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales grew by about two percent last year to 384, an increase of about eight individuals. That’s according to new data from the New England Aquarium and North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium.
A bald eagle sits on a rock by the water, looking off to the side so you can see its profile.
Dan Tuohy / NHPR
That bone-chilling screech you've heard in movies and on TV actually belongs to a different bird.
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