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Amelia Island kicked off its annual Right Whale Festival to celebrate the species' return to Florida coastal waters. The community gathering comes as the endangered population marks its highest single-year calf count since 2009.
Scientists spotted a record 33 critically endangered North Atlantic right whales during a single flight over Cape Cod, the most ever documented in January. With only 384 of these giants left on Earth, the sighting represents more than 8% of the entire population in one place.