An aerial view of southern right whales in Hermanus, South Africa [Courtesy of the Whale Unit at the University of Pretoria’s Mammal Research Institute] I arrive in Hermanus, a picturesque South ...

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

The whales were seen “in all directions: at the surface, swimming, and diving,” said Kate Laemmle, associate research ...

Endangered southern right whales can live twice as long as scientists thought, a new study shows. These whales often reach 130 years old, and may even reach up to 150 years old, the study found.

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 ...

Southern right whales have lifespans that reach well past 100 years, and 10% may live past 130 years, according to our new research published in the journal Science Advances. Some of these whales ...

A group of scientists saw over 75 North Atlantic right whales gathered in the Gulf of Maine. Here's what we know.

A new study has found the southern right whale is likely to live for much longer than initially expected. But the North Atlantic right whale, which lives off the east coast of the US ...

I arrive in Hermanus, a picturesque South African coastal village an hour-and-a-half from Cape Town, at about 11am on a sunny October morning. Ignoring the restaurants and art galleries on the ...

Life expectancy prediction using data collected over four decades reveals southern right whales' exceptionally long lives — far longer than scientists previously thought. Endangered southern ...

Southern right whales can live 130 years or more — nearly twice as long as previously thought, according to a new study. Photo from Chengyu Wang, UnSplash Southern right whales can live to be ...