After two years of debate and 90,000 public comments, NOAA withdrew a contentious boat speed rule aimed at Atlantic right ...

Biologists from the New England Aquarium say 20 percent of all the right whales in the world are together, right now, off the ...

Scientists had believed Southern right whales have a lifespan of about 70 years, but a new study shows that endangered ...

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

NOAA has withdrawn vessel speed rule changes aimed at strengthening protections for North Atlantic right whales, drawing ...

By Edward Carver Groundbreaking research in the late 1990s showed that Arctic-dwelling bowhead whales could live more than ...

The North Atlantic right whale pair was seen by boaters, beach-goers and high-rise residents from Vero Beach to Stuart on Saturday and Sunday, according to witnesses, social media posts and Julie ...

Martin County Fire Rescue posted a video on its Facebook page showing what appeared to be right whales swimming just off Jensen Beach on Sunday morning. This isn't the first time right whales have ...

Some whales are more than 100 years old, smashing previously estimated life expectancies, according to new research.

The southern right whale’s recovery – there are approximately 20,000 individuals today – is one of the world’s great conservation success stories. The two Northern Hemisphere right whale ...

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 ...