Right whales, still recovering from intensive whale hunting, have added a few more individuals to their small population.

Two North Atlantic right whales have been sighted off Georgia and South Carolina earlier than expected, prompting a call for boaters to be vigilant and report any sightings to help protect the ...

For years, scientists feared the North Atlantic right whale was headed for extinction. Now there’s finally a sliver of good [ ...

The largest animal thought to ever live is swimming through the world’s oceans today. Blue whales can reach lengths of 100 feet, but one of their smaller relatives isn’t too far behind. Right whales, ...

The fossil record of baleen whales (Mysticeti) offers a window into one of the most dramatic evolutionary transitions among mammals. Early cetaceans evolved from terrestrial artiodactyl ancestors into ...

Fossils found in a riverbed in Japan were revealed as a large, ancient ancestor of right whales. Tanaka, et al (2025) Palaeontologia Electronica The largest animal thought to ever live is swimming ...