Surviving fishing gear entanglement isn’t enough for endangered right whales – females still don’t breed afterward
Even when female North Atlantic right whales survive entanglement in fishing gear, it may affect their future ability to breed, increasing the pressure on this critically endangered species.
Rob Harcourt, Professor of Marine Ecology, Macquarie University
• conversation
March 13, 2024 • ~10 min
March 13, 2024 • ~10 min
Men become less fertile with age, but the same isn’t true for all animals – new study
Understanding how the ageing of sperm works in other animals is more important than ever as human male fertility is in decline.
Regina Vega-Trejo, Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Evolutionary Biology, University of Oxford •
conversation
Feb. 14, 2024 • ~8 min
Feb. 14, 2024 • ~8 min
As the US begins to build offshore wind farms, scientists say many questions remain about impacts on the oceans and marine life
A recent study focusing on how offshore wind farms in Massachusetts waters could affect endangered right whales does not call for slowing the projects, but says monitoring will be critical.
Josh Kohut, Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University •
conversation
Nov. 15, 2023 • ~10 min
Nov. 15, 2023 • ~10 min
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