{"id":732,"date":"2025-09-17T20:18:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T20:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/?p=732"},"modified":"2025-09-17T20:19:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T20:19:00","slug":"following-the-fare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/?p=732","title":{"rendered":"Following the Fare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a094acc7b16a&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a094acc7b16a\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-17-Right-Whale-with-Credit-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-733\" style=\"width:1320px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-17-Right-Whale-with-Credit-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-17-Right-Whale-with-Credit-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-17-Right-Whale-with-Credit-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-17-Right-Whale-with-Credit-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-17-Right-Whale-with-Credit-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-17-Right-Whale-with-Credit.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>North Atlantic right whale<\/strong> is among the world&#8217;s biggest animals. It&#8217;s also one of its most endangered. Models of their distribution are essential for tracking and managing these behemoths across their vast territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it turns out the whales go where their food is. A new study, led by <strong>Bigelow Laboratory<\/strong> scientists, shows that one has to incorporate nuanced and detailed information on these giants&#8217; favorite tiny food sources to make those models as accurate as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study, with partners <strong>New England Aquarium<\/strong>, <strong>University of Maine<\/strong>, <strong>Duke University<\/strong>, and <strong>NOAA,<\/strong> details an approach for incorporating information on the abundance of zooplankton relative to a whale&#8217;s daily energy needs. It provides a more direct way of representing prey in habitat models that improves their usefulness compared to those that rely on more abstract satellite proxies.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The work also raises new questions about the complexity of the right whale diet and begins to provide a more holistic view of how right whales are using their habitat \u2014 and how that might shift in a changing ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bigelow.org\/news\/articles\/2025-09-16.html\">Read More About the Study<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The North Atlantic right whale is among the world&#8217;s biggest animals. It&#8217;s also one of its most endangered. 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