Category: NARW Calf news
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2024-25 Calving Season Updates!
The 2024-25 North Atlantic right whale calving season is upon us! November through April every year brings the North Atlantic right whale south to their calving grounds. Amelia Island lies at the center of this area and we are always looking forward to their arrival each year! The first mother-calf pair has been spotted! We… Read more
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Celebrating 19 new calves at the Right Whale Baby Shower!
A delightful crowd of Amelia Island Whale Ambassadors and many guests enjoyed delicious food, drink and conversation at The Florida House Inn Courtyard. We toasted the new calves born this season, and remembered the four babies that tragically did not survive. Greg Reilly from IFAW presented the theme of the evening, “Building Blocks”… and how… Read more
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The Tragic Story of the First Right Whale Calf Spotted in the 2023-24 Season
Juno and her calf are the first spotted in the 2023-24 season! Advocates for the North Atlantic right whale eagerly await the calving season each year, as mothers travel south from Canada and New England waters to the warmer waters of the Southeast to have their babies. Each mother calf pair is counted and tracked… Read more
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World Whale Day!
Today we celebrate the whales of the world! Especially our North Atlantic Right Whales, who are born in the warm waters off Amelia Island. Pilgrim’s 2023 Calf Two weeks ago we were enthralled by the joyous romping of “Pilgrim”’s calf, as filmed by Joel Cohen of Blue World Research Institute. Click here to view the… Read more