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This magnified photo provides a close-up look at copepods—tiny crustaceans that right whales feed on.
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Copepods: Right Whale Food

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Phoenix swimming with her calf.
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Baleen: From Whales to People

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This illustration shows whalers of the early 1800s with their highly profitable catch.
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Whalers in the early 1800s

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North Atlantic right whales and ocean-going vessels often cross paths.
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Ship and North Atlantic Right Whale

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A close up view of Phoenix and the rough patches of skin known as callosities that are found on all North Atlantic right whales.
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Phoenix’s Callosities

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Whales are identifiable by their distinct pattern of callosities.
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Whale Callosities

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Phoenix’s entanglement badly injured her right lip, leaving a distinctive scar from that ordeal.
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Beware of Fishing Gear

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In December 2003, researchers spot Phoenix off the coast of Florida with her second calf.
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Phoenix and Second Calf

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In 1996, at age nine, Phoenix has her first calf (North Atlantic right whale #2605) off the southeast coast of Florida.
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Phoenix and First Calf

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January 14, 1987: Phoenix is first spotted as she swims with her mother, Stumpy, off the coast of Georgia.
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Phoenix’s First Sighting

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Hundreds to thousands of tiny crustaceans live on each right whale, eating algae that settles on their skin.
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Whale Lice

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Phoenix’s mother, Stumpy (number 1004), was killed in a collision with a ship near Virginia in February 2004. She was pregnant with her sixth known calf.
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When Ships Strike

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