Researchers confirm: Right whale calf fatally struck by ship off U.S. coast

  • The dead 1-year-old female calf of North Atlantic right whale #4340, Pilgrim. She was found floating offshore of Savannah, Ga., and was towed more than 20 miles to Tybee Island for the necropsy. Experts found evidence of blunt force trauma including fractures of the skull, consistent with a vessel strike. Photo credit New England Aquarium/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, taken under NOAA permit #21371.
    The dead 1-year-old female calf of North Atlantic right whale #4340, Pilgrim. She was found floating offshore of Savannah, Ga., and was towed more than 20 miles to Tybee Island for the necropsy. Experts found evidence of blunt force trauma including fractures of the skull, consistent with a vessel strike. Photo credit New England Aquarium/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, taken under NOAA permit #21371.
  • Mother and calf together in spring 2023 in Cape Cod, Mass. The calf was killed by a ship, according to necropsy results released Friday.  Photo credit New England Aquarium/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, taken under NOAA permit #21371.
    Mother and calf together in spring 2023 in Cape Cod, Mass. The calf was killed by a ship, according to necropsy results released Friday.  Photo credit New England Aquarium/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, taken under NOAA permit #21371.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed in an update that a necropsy performed on the right whale found dead off the coast of Georgia on Feb. 15 revealed skull fractures and…

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