REYKJAVIK, Iceland: A New England ocean science center says whale watchers off Iceland caught an extremely rare glimpse of an endangered right whale near their country.
The North Atlantic right whale was spotted northwest of Reykjavik (RAY’-kyuh-vik) on Monday.
The Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium in Boston says there have been only three North Atlantic right whales identified off Iceland in the last 30 years.
The center says the whale is called Mogul by researchers and was seen feeding off Marshfield, Massachusetts, in April.
The right whales migrate up the US East Coast every year to feed. But the center says they have had to change where they feed in recent years because of changes in the ocean.
There are only about 450 of the whales.
Endangered whale seen off Iceland, 3rd there in 30 years
Endangered whale seen off Iceland, 3rd there in 30 years
- The right whales migrate up the US East Coast every year to feed
Musk’s X to open source new algorithm in seven days
Elon Musk said on Saturday that social media platform X will open its new algorithm, including all code for organic and advertising post recommendations, to the public in seven days.
“This will be repeated every 4 weeks, with comprehensive developer notes, to help you understand what changed,” he said in his X post.
Earlier this week, the European Commission decided to extend a retention order sent to X last year, which related to algorithms and dissemination of illegal content, prolonging it to the end of 2026, spokesperson Thomas Regnier told reporters on Thursday.
In July 2025, Paris prosecutors investigated the social media platform for suspected algorithmic bias and fraudulent data extraction, which Musk’s X called a “politically-motivated criminal investigation” that threatens its users’ free speech.
