The first aerial sighting of a mom whale and her calf has been reported off the South Carolina coast. The Clearwater Marine ...

Wondering what those huge, dark blobs in the ocean are this winter? If you guessed a whale, you're right! North Atlantic right whales have been making their annual trek to Florida since late November, ...

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 ...

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, ...

Two 80-ton snowbirds that are wintering off Florida made appearances off the Treasure Coast over the weekend. The North Atlantic right whale pair was seen by boaters, beach-goers and high-rise ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales — those that have “baleen” in their mouths to sieve their plankton diet from the water. More solitary than toothed whales, baleen whales ...

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 more ...

New research reveals that right whales can survive for more than 130 years -- almost twice as long as previously understood. New research published in Science Advances reveals that right whales can ...