When you think of the season in which animals bear young, chances are that many of you think of spring.
However, for animals such as whales, winter is a popular time for birthing.
During the winter, pregnant humpback whales that spend the summer feeding off our shores head south to the Caribbean to give birth.
Other types of East Coast whales also head south for the winter to give birth. Just like human "snowbirds," many North Atlantic right whales migrate south from the Gulf of Maine to the coasts of Georgia and Florida. Many right whales will give birth and spend the winter in these warm waters.
Read the complete story at The Gloucester Daily Times.