Endangered

The fin whale could be a bright spot in an ocean of looming ecosystem changes. During the twentieth-century whaling boom, the species was heavily hunted. Their numbers have declined to endangered levels in the Southern Hemisphere. The world's second largest whale, on the other hand, is making an encouraging comeback in the Antarctic region. Large fin whale feeding aggregations, … [Read more...] about The Sighting of Fin Whales Indicates a Comeback for the Once-Endangered Species