The International Union for Conservation of Nature changed the North Atlantic right whale's Red List category from Endangered to Critically Endangered.
Sources
- International Union for Conservation of Nature Updates ... (fisheries.noaa.gov)
- https://iucn.org/news/species/202007/almost-a-third-lemurs-and-north-atlantic-right-whale-now-critically-endangered-iucn-red-list (iucn.org)
- https://defenders.org/newsroom/iucn-north-atlantic-right-whale-now-critically-endangered (defenders.org)
- https://www.neaq.org/about-us/press-room/press-releases/new-england-aquarium-statement-on-north-atlantic-right-whale-critically-endangered-status/ (neaq.org)
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