Surviving fishing gear entanglement isn’t enough for endangered right whales – females still don’t breed afterward

By Joshua Reed, Research Associate in Biology, Macquarie University
Leslie New, Assistant Professor of Statistics, Ursinus College
Peter Corkeron, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University
Rob Harcourt, Professor of Marine Ecology, Macquarie University

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.

Read complete article

~	Lebanon: Ministerial Decision Advances Justice

~	Global: UN Special Rapporteur is right to raise human rights concerns about carbon markets

~	On X, Elon Musk pushes a campaign against a Brazilian Supreme Court Justice

~	US Universities Should Respect Right to Protest

~	Burkina Faso: UN rights office deeply alarmed at reported killing of 220 villagers

~	A new dash for copper is underway - how will it play out? Expert Q&A

~	Why does it feel so cold in the UK right now – and when will it warm up?

~	Artificial sweetener could harm your gut and the microbes that live there – new study

~	Gaza war: ‘no evidence’ of Hamas infiltration of UN aid agency, says report – but US and UK dither on funding while famine takes hold

~	Five books by Maryse Condé to introduce you to the award-winning Guadeloupian writer