Right whale deaths linked to vessel strikes, rope entanglements
The carcass of the calf of Pilgrim, right whale No. 4340, undergoing a necropsy on Tybee Island. Biologists discovered evidence of blunt-force trauma and skull fractures indicative of a vessel strike.
When the subject is a beloved species on the path toward extinction, the annual week celebrating them and others can end up with news that is the cause of something less than jubilation. Such as it is…
