Can Whales Be Protected From NY's Colossal Offshore Wind Farms?

Dr. Howard Rosenbaum from the Wildlife Conservation Society gets ready to 'shoot' a humpack to get a blubber biopsy.  (WCS/OCEAN GIANTS/IMAGE TAKEN UNDER NMFS MMPA/ESA PERMIT NO. 18786-04)

Researchers try to reduce risks to whales off the shores of New York City and Long Island — right whales, fin whales, humpbacks, and other marine life — as a forest of wind turbines grows from the ocean floor. For more, including a slideshow of the Wildlife Conservation Society expedition, go to Gothamist.