ASSOCIATED PRESS • October 24, 2022
The decline of an endangered species of whale slowed last year, as it lost about 2 percent of its population, but scientists warn the animal still faces existential threats and is losing breeding females too fast. The North Atlantic right whale’s population was more than 480 in 2010 and fell by more than 25 percent over the following decade. The North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium, a group of scientists, government officials and industry members, said Monday that the population fell to an estimated 340 last year.