Deep Trouble Podcast
1) Episode 6: Saving the species from extinction
Researchers say the North American right whale is “teetering on the brink of extinction." So what can be done to prevent another deadly year for the right whales and what is being done to understand t...Show More
2) Episode 4: The investigators: Searching for answers
Whenever a dead North Atlantic right whale washes ashore, scientists are dispatched to the location to immediately begin necropsies. The giant whales are studied from head to tail, as scientists try t...Show More
3) Episode 5: Trying to save the North Atlantic right whale
After a deadly summer for the endangered North Atlantic right whale, the federal government has been trying to find ways to keep these gentle giants alive. Some steps were taken, such as ending the sn...Show More
4) Episode 2: Meet the scientists and researchers trying to save the right whales
Moira Brown and Philip Hamilton are two of the many scientists and researchers dedicated to learning more about North Atlantic right whales, documenting their lives and trying to save the species.
Episode 2: Meet the scientists and researchers trying to save the right whales
12:02 | Oct 17th, 2017
5) Episode 3: ‘It’s cracked my heart open’: The death of whale rescuer Joe Howlett
Fisherman Joe Howlett, the co-founder of the Campobello Whale Rescue team, made it his mission to save entangled whales. In July, he was whisked off to another whale entanglement in the Gulf of St. La...Show More
Episode 3: ‘It’s cracked my heart open’: The death of whale rescuer Joe Howlett
18:10 | Oct 17th, 2017
6) Episode 1: What is happening to the endangered North Atlantic right whale?
In the summer of 2017, a stunning 15 North Atlantic right whales were found dead in the Gulf of St. Lawrence or along the U.S. east coast. It has been called an “unusual mortality event.” That’s accur...Show More
Episode 1: What is happening to the endangered North Atlantic right whale?
07:12 | Oct 17th, 2017