Urgent.News

What's breaking now, across thousands of outlets.

Science

An unusual die-off of southern right whales in Argentine Patagonia alarms scientists

Scientists monitoring the southern right whale population at Península Valdés, in Argentina’s Chubut province, have recorded since July an unusual number of deaths among calves and adults which, they expect, could make this the worst year on record. They are investigating the role of a bacterium and of a toxic algal bloom known as “red tide”.

An unusual die-off of southern right whales in Argentine Patagonia alarms scientists

We haven't written up this one. MercoPress has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

Read the original at en.mercopress.com →

More in Science

More from Wednesday 21 October →