DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Humpback whales have adjusted their migratory patterns this season, arriving to the northern waters of the Dominican Republic earlier than usual. Samana City becomes the whale-watching capital of the Dominican Republic from mid January through March every year.

According to a report by El Día, the extreme cold and winter storms currently affecting the United States and the North Atlantic, linked to climate change, have triggered an early migration for these marine mammals.

While the official whale-watching season in the Silver Bank and Navidad Bank Sanctuary typically runs from 15 January to 31 March, local fishermen, whale watcher organizers and authorities began spotting humpbacks as early as December. Lenny Moris Rosario, the sanctuary’s administrator, noted that the whales have been arriving in larger quantities than normal.

The whales travel from the North Atlantic...