Eve Zuckoff
Eve Zuckoff is WCAI's Report for America reporter, covering the human impacts of climate change.
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The 39-year-old mom has at least four grand-offspring — making her a pillar of the surviving right whale population, which has shrunk down to just 336.
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In a new push to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, Massachusetts lobstermen were required this year to substitute parts of their regular ropes with “weak” ropes.
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Federal officials have issued new regulations for the lobster and Jonah crab fisheries that are designed to protect North Atlantic right whales from entanglements in gear.
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After a half century, a Cape Cod weather station is being demolished before it falls into the ocean. It's among many structures threatened by stronger storms and rising seas fueled by climate change.
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North Atlantic right whales now grow about three feet shorter than they did 40 years ago. Research suggests a leading cause is the damage human activity inflicts on the critically endangered mammals.
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One of the main threats to the endangered North Atlantic right whale is lobster-fishing rope, but there is hope in new ropeless technology.
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One of the main threats to the endangered North Atlantic right whale is lobster-fishing rope. A new ropeless technology could save both the whales and the lobster industry.