It would seem difficult to miss a 15,000-pound baby, but for months scientists who study rare whales did just that.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Scientists who study whales are heartened by an unexpected discovery of a baby right whale off Canada. Researchers in Canada captured images of an unidentified baby North Atlantic right whale, one of the rarest sea mammals in the world, off Anticosti Island in Quebec in September. Scientists…

The whales number only about 380 in the world, and their population has fallen since 2010.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — It would seem difficult to miss a 15,000-pound (6,804-kilogram) baby, but for months scientists who study rare whales did just that, and now they couldn’t be happier. Researchers in Canada captured images of an unidentified baby North Atlantic right whale, one of the rarest sea mammals in the…