Using the North Atlantic Right Whale Catalog
The Aquarium's North Atlantic Right Whale Research Program has a variety of online resources available to help visitors understand how right whales are tracked and studied. Here's a quick list of background information that is helpful when using the North Atlantic Right Whale Catalog.
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Background on Right Whales
Identifying Individuals
- Photo-identification
How to tell one right whale from another - Matching step by step
- Descriptions of other identifying features
- Example images of all the identifying features and codes
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Learn About Individuals
- Story of the last North Atlantic right whale hunt
Short biographies of a few whales and family trees for those whales from photo-identification and genetics
Now you're ready to search the North Atlantic Right Whale Catalog!
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