The Canadian government says it is taking steps this summer to protect a vanishing species of whale from lethal collisions ...

From the entanglement of Shelagh, a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, to the awe-inspiring appearance of the ...

Scientists with the Massachusetts State Division of Marine Fisheries have launched a new program to track where and when the ...

Two North Atlantic right whales were spotted off the Gulf Coast of Alabama recently in a rare encounter less than a mile away ...

With pregnant North Atlantic right whales weeks away from their winter migration southward to give birth, biologists who track the endangered marine mammals say 2024 has been a roller-coaster ride.

An endangered North Atlantic right whale has been spotted off the waters of Prince Edward Island entangled in fishing gear.

A young North Atlantic right whale recently spotted entangled off P.E.I.'s North Shore appears to be in poor health, says a ...

North Atlantic right whales are among the most critically endangered large ocean mammals on the planet. As of 2023, it is believed that less than 350 are left in the wild.

The North Atlantic right whale is one of the world’s most endangered whales. Once common along the eastern U.S. seaboard, the whale was hunted to near-extinction by the 1750s. While no longer pursued ...

Here’s the story of Squilla, a rare North Atlantic right whale mother, and her firstborn. To help their species continue, they’d have to navigate an increasingly dangerous ocean.

The North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) is a baleen whale species that inhabits waters off the East Coast of the United States and Canada. During the summer, these whales migrate north to ...

An entangled North Atlantic right whale that was last seen in the St. Lawrence Estuary has been re-sighted near Prince Edward ...