A new species of whale discovered last year in the Gulf of is already 'on the edge of extinction' and a group of more than 100 scientists have petitioned the Biden administration to take action in an .
Known as Rice's whale, or the Gulf of Mexico whale, this animal was long believed to be Bryde's whales until the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration determined it was a new species of baleen whale in January 2021.
However, there are only about 50 known to be alive and researchers believe offshore oil and gas drilling practices are to blame - about 20 percent of the population may have been killed during the Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010.
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