Right whale is having a mini-baby boom off New England

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An endangered species of whale is experiencing a mini-baby boom in New England waters, researchers onCape Cod have said.The North Atlantic right whale is one of the rarest species of whale on the planet, numbering only about 411. Butthe Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown, Mass., said Friday its aerial survey team spotted two mom andcalf pairs in Cape Cod Bay a day earlier. That brings the number of pairs seen in New England waters alone thisyear to three (Greenwire, April 11).That's big news because the whale's population has been falling, and no calves were seen last year. In all, sevenright whale calves have been seen so far this year.