The International Union for Conservation of Nature changed the North Atlantic right whale's Red List category from Endangered to Critically Endangered.
Notes on verification
Confirmed directly by IUCN's own press release and corroborated by multiple independent conservation organizations (New England Aquarium, NRDC, Defenders of Wildlife, SeafoodSource).
Sources
- International Union for Conservation of Nature Updates ... (fisheries.noaa.gov)
- https://iucn.org/news/species/202007/almost-a-third-lemurs-and-north-atlantic-right-whale-now-critically-endangered-iucn-red-list (iucn.org)
- https://www.neaq.org/about-us/press-room/press-releases/new-england-aquarium-statement-on-north-atlantic-right-whale-critically-endangered-status/ (neaq.org)
- https://www.nrdc.org/bio/francine-kershaw/right-whales-uplisted-critically-endangered-iucn (nrdc.org)