3 Right Whale Calves Spotted in Florida’s Atlantic Waters

3 Right Whale Calves Spotted in Florida’s Atlantic Waters
A Southern right whale breaches near the shore of Muizenberg Beach in False Bay, Cape Town, on Oct. 11, 2013. Jennifer Bruce/AFP/Getty Images
The Associated Press
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DAYTONA BEACH, Florida—Researchers have reported seeing three rare right whale calves off Florida’s Atlantic coast.

Philip Hamilton of the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium says the calves are “a spark of hope” for the critically endangered marine mammals.