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Right whale mom “Mirror” (Catalog # 4617) is a first-time mom! 💕 More w/ info curated by our #AndersonCabotCenter scientists: bit.ly/4rtkdiv 📸: @MyFWC, NOAA permit 26919. FWC right whale aerial surveys are funded by USACE, USCG, U.S. Navy, and NOAA Fisheries.

Excited to announce that our founder, Nadine Pequeneza, is a participant in this year's @BanffMedia SPARK Accelerator for Women in the Business of Media: Producers Edition! ✨ Congrats to the entire cohort & thanks to @ParamountPlusCA for their support: ….banffmediafestival.playbackonline.ca

An uptick in births offers hope for North Atlantic right whales, but experts remain cautious. “This year’s number is encouraging, but the species remains in peril without stronger laws to protect against those threats” —Gib Brogan, @Oceana apnews.com/article/right-…

One of our fave annual events is the naming of a new cohort of North Atlantic right whales. Scientists at the @NEAQ participate in the tradition to help more easily identify the critically endangered mammals in real time. Meet 2025's newly named whales: neaq.org/meet-the-newly…

From hope to action. From equality to impact. #ForAllWomenAndGirls, @UN_Women isn't just imagining a better future—we are and will deliver it, in 2026 and beyond, in every region of the world. 🔗 Learn more: unwo.men/7qt250XMQ2y #GlobalGoals

We're taking a look at where the North Atlantic right whale population stands. The species saw a “modest” increase in 2024, with fewer deaths reported than in recent years. The estimate puts the current pop. at 384. Find out more from @newenglandaquarium neaq.org/about-us/press…

Our right whale scientists at the Aquarium's #AndersonCabotCenter for Ocean Life conduct hands-on fieldwork in right whale habitats, collect samples to support ongoing research + collaboration, and manage the North Atlantic Right Whale Catalog. More: bit.ly/3METJLa

Born #OnThisDay 250 years ago, Jane Austen’s words still meet us where we are: clear-eyed, courageous, and deeply human. Her stories remind us that agency, integrity, and self-knowledge are not modern ideas, but enduring ones. Happy 250th birthday, #JaneAusten!

All 3 of our #SeeingGreen subjects have written books about their relationships with the natural world. Get to know Robin Wall Kimmerer, Suzanne Simard, and Paco Calvo through their work before meeting them in our upcoming 2026 doc! Available at your local library & bookstore!

For more than 40 years, the @NEAQ Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life has been conducting annual surveys to monitor North Atlantic right whales on the migratory journey along the east coast of North America. Catch highlights from their 2025 journeys now: neaq.org/summer-2025-no…

Thrilled to announce our founder Nadine Pequeneza’s script #Descent has been announced as a Top 10 Finalist at the Big Break Screenwriting Contest (via @finaldraftinc)! What a cohort to be a part of... Winners will be announced on November 7!

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“Afghanistan’s women’s movement, in particular, has demonstrated incredible resilience…The vocal & powerful End Gender Apartheid campaign, which urges states to codify the crime of gender apartheid in the draft CAH Convention, is another example.” justsecurity.org/119442/erosion…

The most severe women’s rights crisis in the world is being normalized. 4 years since the Taliban takeover, not one restriction on Afghan women and girls has been reversed. Stand with Afghan women, and see how @UN_Women is taking action: unwo.men/hkMh50WLFPy

4 years since the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, the rights of Afghan women and girls – including to education, work and safety – are being denied. @UN_Women has 10 key facts about the world’s most severe women’s rights crisis: unwomen.org/en/news-storie…

Four years since the Taliban takeover, not one restriction on women and girls in #Afghanistan has been reversed. The most severe women’s rights crisis in the world is being normalized. Stand with Afghan women: unwo.men/PZeX50WGiR0 #ForAllWomenAndGirls

4 years since the Taliban takeover in #Afghanistan, the rights of Afghan women and girls—including to education, work and safety—are being denied. Silence is NOT an option. We cannot allow this to become normal. 🔗 Learn more: unwo.men/AMyb50WGiZJ #ForAllWomenAndGirls

The most severe women’s rights crisis in the world is being normalized. Today, @UN_Women honors the resilience of women and girls in #Afghanistan 4 years since the Taliban takeover. See the powerful remarks by @unwomenafghan's Special Representative: unwo.men/fMPA50WGC5n

4 years since the Taliban takeover, what's it like to be a woman in #Afghanistan? Education — denied. Safety — under threat. Opportunity — limited. Despite the ongoing crisis, Afghan women and girls continue to fight for their rights. 🔗 Find out more: unwo.men/XSCG50WGj9q

Watch our award-winning doc Last of the Right Whales on streaming! Discover the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, the dangers posed by human activity, and the people fighting to save them. See it on @AppleTV, @cbcgem, @Vimeo & @PrimeVideoCA lastoftherightwhales.com/screenings/