Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Right #whale population grows 4% but #extinction remains a threat
https://phys.org/news/2024-10-whale-population-extinction-threat.html
"The North Atlantic #RightWhale plummeted in population in the 2010s... the population increased to an estimated 372 in 2023. That's an increase of about 4% from 2020... Recent births show an improvement from the 2010s, but the number of new calves is below what scientists saw in the 2000s, and threats remain a major concern."
Right whale population grows 4% but extinction remains a threat
One of the rarest species of whale in the world has increased slightly in population, encouraging conservationists to call on the federal government and the shipping and fishing industries to do more to bring the giant animals back from the brink of extinction.