North Atlantic Right Whale (IMAGE)

Wildlife Conservation Society

North Atlantic Right Whale

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A North Atlantic right whale with its tail flukes above the water's surface. This species was recently detected by Melville, an acoustic buoy designed to listen for whales and deployed by WCS's New York Aquarium and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

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Photo taken by Georgia Department of Natural Resources under NOAA permit #15488.

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