Phillip Hamilton, a research scientist at Boston’s New England Aquarium, wasn’t involved in the necropsy carried out on the whale but says it often takes up to a month or two to get lab results. Continue reading →

The area near Grand Manan Island has been closed to all fixed-gear fisheries, DFO announced in a tweet on Thursday. Continue reading →

The whale was seen Tuesday 90 kilometres northwest of Etang du Nord harbour. Continue reading →

There have been eight deaths reported since early June, and examinations of five of the carcasses showed three of them had injuries consistent with ship strikes – a leading cause of death for these rare mammals. Continue reading →

The researcher team says that seven known calves were born this year, with four being spotted in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Continue reading →

Though adult members of the critically endangered species can be as long as a city bus, their movements remain difficult to track. Continue reading →

The animal, known as 3125, was first seen entangled in the gear on July 4 by a Transport Canada Plane east of the Gaspe Peninsula in Quebec. Continue reading →

The whale known as 4423, which had been partially disentangled last Thursday, was spotted again Tuesday morning during an aerial surveillance flight, the department said. Continue reading →

This whale was spotted by the Canadian Coast Guard with a rope around its tail and thought to be dragging something heavy. Continue reading →