(SAVANNAH, Ga.) — The winter calving season for critically endangered right whales is ending without a single newborn being spotted off the southeast U.S. coast, a reproductive drought unseen for three decades that experts say brings the rare species a perilous step closer to extinction. “It’s a pivotal moment for right whales,” said Barb Zoodsma, who oversees the right whale recovery program in the U.S.
‘the Beginning Of The End.’ An Endangered Whales Species Comes Closer To Extinction
Russ Bynum / AP, Time
Mon, 03/26/2018 - 2:38pm
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