Can Changing Rope Color Help Save Endangered Whales?

Meera Dolasia
2014-03-14T11:47:23-07:00

With less than 400 specimens known to exist today, the North Atlantic right whales rank high on the list of the world's most endangered animals. While most of the population decline can be attributed to relentless hunting that continued well into the 20th century, the few mammals left, are now fighting a new enemy - Lobster fishing nets!