There is excitement and concern for North Atlantic right whale mother and calf spotted in busy shipping lanes.

The animal’s dorsal fin was still floppy, indicating it was less than 24 hours old, according to news reports.

A North Atlantic right whale mother and newborn calf pair has shown up in an unusual location for January, off the coast of ...

The calf had died shortly after it was born ... Individual whales are identified by unique markings or variations in their fin shapes, and each whale is given a number and name.

The same whale that made world headlines in 2018 for pushing her dead newborn calf around for 17 days, has now spent at least nine days doing the same with her calf that died around New Year's Eve.