At least 13 of the rare whales have been found dead this year off the coasts of Canada and New England.
August 25, 2017 — The federal government is launching an investigation into the recent deaths of more than a dozen North Atlantic right whales.
At least 13 of the whales have been found dead this year off the coasts of Canada and New England. The whales are among the rarest marine mammals in the world, numbering no more than 500.
An arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday that it is declaring the deaths “an unusual mortality event.”
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