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Identifying Soon-to-be Right Whale Moms

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By Katie Graham, Liz Burgess
| andersoncabotcenterforoceanlife.org
Scientists hope to spot a new mother and calf pair after detecting pregnancy hormones in a North Atlantic right whale By Katie Graham and Liz Burgess It is an exciting time of year for our Right Whale Research Team: it’s calving season! Each winter, a portion of the North Atlantic right whale population migrates to coastal waters off Florida and Georgia. These traveling whales are primarily pregnant females, who head to the warmer waters to give birth.
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Predicting the Birth of a Right Whale Calf

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By Katie Graham, Liz Burgess, Marianna Hagbloom
| andersoncabotcenterforoceanlife.org
By Katie Graham, Liz Burgess, and Marianna Hagbloom Bright orange feces found floating at the water’s surface near swimming North Atlantic right whales is a treasure. The Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium has a Marine Stress and Ocean Health Program that specializes in studying whale defecations. Yes, you read that right. Whale poop isn’t just waste. Using specialized laboratory tests, we utilize feces to measure hormones that have been excreted from the body.
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