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PublishedAugust 5, 2024
Whale carcass washes up on Kennebunk shore
The whale, a female officials called 'Lollipop,' washed up on Strawberry Island – off the Kennebunk coast – overnight Friday into Saturday, after being seen off the coast of Wells.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2024
Breaching whale slams into power boat, flipping it off Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Two fishermen were rescued by two Maine brothers who were boating nearby and shot video of the incident Tuesday.
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PublishedJune 25, 2024
Whale found dead off Harpswell was a humpback
This is the second humpback whale found dead in Maine waters this month.
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PublishedJune 13, 2024
Large number of whales spotted off New England includes endangered species
The whales are 'swimming in harms way' until the U.S. finalizes strict rules to protect them from collisions with large ships and entanglement in commercial fishing gear, one activist says.
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PublishedMay 7, 2024
Scientists are learning the basic building blocks of sperm whale language after years of effort
They now think there are sets of clicks that make up a 'phonetic alphabet' that the whales can use to build communication.
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PublishedMarch 5, 2024
A whale native to the North Pacific is sighted off New England. Climate change could be why
The Northwest Passage, which connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the Arctic Ocean in Canada, has lacked ice in the summertime in recent years, enabling gray whales to travel through it.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2023
Whales and dolphins in American waters are losing food and habitat to climate change, U.S. study says
A first-of-its-kind assessment says whales, dolphins and seals living in U.S. waters face major threats from the warming ocean temperatures, rising sea levels and decreasing sea ice associated with climate change.
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PublishedAugust 11, 2023
Maine Voices: Entanglement isn’t just a right whale problem
Humpbacks, minkes and fin whales are consistently observed in Maine waters, and we have a legal obligation to keep them from becoming entangled in lobster gear.
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PublishedJuly 1, 2023
Dead whale found on the shore of Peaks Island
The Maine Marine Patrol identified the mammal discovered Saturday as a minke whale.
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PublishedJune 23, 2023
Georgia congressman wants to block federal agency from slowing boats to protect endangered whales
U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter, a Republican whose district includes Georgia's 100-mile coast, said NOAA's proposed enhanced slowdown rules would be restrictive enough to cause charter fishing boats to quit the business and to disrupt the efficiency of busy seaports like the Port of Savannah.
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