A pod of northern right whale dolphins was spotted near the Channel Islands, off the Southern California coast, drone footage shows. This footage was captured by Eli Parnes-Katz, also known as ...

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The world's most endangered large whale species is even closer to extinction than researchers previously thought. The North Atlantic Right Whale species is in a "crisis," NOAA says, with only a ...

The first confirmed baby right whale of the year has been found dead from a collision with a ship, a devastating blow for the vanishing species. North Atlantic right whales number less than 360 ...

Scientists had believed Southern right whales have a lifespan of about 70 years, but a new study shows that endangered mammals can live twice as long as they had thought. The study found these ...

To get one, go to the subscriptions page. A third endangered North Atlantic right whale has been reported entangled in fishing gear within one week, this time off the coast of North Carolina.

Moby Dick made North Atlantic right whales famous—and put a target on their backs. Now, they’re careening toward extinction again, with just 365 individuals left. A North Atlantic right whale ...

Whale watchers and marine biologists greet news of each North Atlantic right whale born off the Southeast coast with joy. When only 70 of the estimated 356 whales are breeding females, each birth ...

NOAA Animal lovers are mourning the loss of a whale calf from a critically endangered species. On Monday, NOAA Fisheries confirmed the death of a young North Atlantic right whale. According to the ...

About one-fifth of the world's entire population of North Atlantic right whales were all spotted hanging out in Cape Cod, Mass., heading into the weekend. Between 60 to 70 right whales ...

The world’s population of North Atlantic right whales has been decimated in recent years by human-caused vessel strikes and rope entanglements, and now another member of this rare species faces ...