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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