New England Aquarium

New England Aquarium Debuts Improved Right Whale Catalog

The catalog has images of more than 750 whales

Government Shutdown Whales
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An aquarium in Boston has upgraded its directory of more than a million images of one of the world's rarest whales.

The New England Aquarium keeps a database of photographs and physical details called the North Atlantic Right Whale Catalog. There are only about 400 of the whales left in the world.

Whales Spotted Off the Coast of Massachusetts

The catalog has images of more than 750 whales and goes back to 1935. The aquarium says the upgrade improves an interface that was 15 years old.

The improved database is also more accessible to the public.

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