North Atlantic Right Whale

Resources

Defenders Web Pages

Fact Sheet

External Links

Right Whale Consortium
The North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium consists of a number of both non-governmental and governmental organizations and individuals in the United States and Canada who work to study and conserve North Atlantic right whales.

New England Aquarium
North Atlantic right whale information, games and sponsorship opportunities

NOAA Fisheries
Information about North Atlantic right whales from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Office of Protected Resources

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Whales belong to the order cetacea, which includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. Whales are divided into two suborders: baleen and toothed whales.

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Right whales like the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) are among the rarest of all marine mammal species. These baleen whales have two separate populations – western and eastern.