Directory of Balaenidae Resources

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The family Balaenidae, consisting of the Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis), the Bowhead Whale, or Greenland Right Whale (Balaena mysticetus), and the Pygmy Right Whale (Caperea marginata), which is sometimes split off into its own family, the Neobalaenidae.

Resources in This Category

• Northern Right Whale on Path to Extinction

  http://www.cnn.com/NATURE/9903/18/right.whales.enn/
  Report from the Environmental News Network.

• On the Trail of the Northern Atlantic Right Whale

  http://www.rightwhale.noaa.gov/
  Description of the research tagging program of the New England Aquarium and NOAA.

• Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis)

  http://wildwhales.org/right-whale/
  Includes identification, natural history, photographs, distribution and status in Canada.

• Right Whale Data and Maps

  http://whale.wheelock.edu/rightwhale/
  Extensive information from the western North Atlantic, including sighting reports, Right Whale recovery plans, and whale watch guidelines, and reports on entangled whales.

• Right Whales

  http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/nmml/education/cetaceans/right.php
  Information from the National Marine Mammal Laboratory with answers to some frequently asked questions.

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