Southern right whales can live to be more than 130 years old — which is decades longer than previously thought, according to ...

Koala and Curlew are unrelated and possibly pregnant females that have become traveling companions, which is unusual for ...

You might not consider Florida a hot spot whale watching; however, you can see right whales during winter. Here's where to ...

The North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) is a baleen whale species that inhabits waters off the East Coast of the ...

Vessel strikes and entanglements — not wind farms — are largely to blame for whale deaths along the East Coast.

Major risks to baleen whales. Examples of NA right whales killed by (a) ship strikes (b) Entanglement in fishing gear. Image credits: (a) Marine Animal Response Society, collected under federal SARA ...

Looking for help with today's NYT Strands puzzle? Here's an extra hint to help you uncover the right words, as well as all of ...

After two years of debate and 90,000 public comments, NOAA withdrew a contentious boat speed rule aimed at Atlantic right ...

By the early 1890s, commercial whalers had hunted the whales to the brink of extinction for their oil and baleen. They called them the "right" whales to hunt because they were slow and floated ...

North Atlantic right whales are one of the three species of large baleen whales. They are described as having stocky black bodies with no dorsal fins, and their blow spouts are shaped like a “V.” ...