By Peter Corkeron In a world full of bad news, there’s been good news in whale conservation. Many of the great whales are ...

The Southern Right whale, gentle giant of the depths, is making a steady comeback from the edge of oblivion to which it was hunted as recently as 40 years ago. It is now packing in the foreign and ...

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. ...

Great whales can transport 4,000 ... sheltered areas—perhaps to protect their offspring from predators like killer whales. ... humpback whales, and North Atlantic and southern right whales. ...

The researchers found that southern right whales — which were once believed to live up to 80 years — can in fact live longer than 130 years, and possibly as long as 150 years.