Whales and Wiener Dogs

Right whales...heard but not seen off the coast of Greenland

Up until recently, only two right whales have been spotted off the coast of Greenland in the last fifty years. And that number hasn’t changed. However, over the last year, scientists using underwater listening devices have recorded over 2000 whale calls within 400 miles of Greenland’s coastline. The scientists believe the calls were made by North Atlantic right whales, leading them to suspect that the eastern population of this species might not be extinct after all.

Scientists admit, though, that they can’t yet determine if the whales are native to the region or if they have migrated from the coast of North America.