The whales give birth off the southeastern U.S. in the winter and spring and migrate north to New England and Canada to feed.

With less than 400 North Atlantic right whales traversing the waters around the globe, the species has been on the brink of extinction for many years. In 2023, ...

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

The shape of the best-fitting curve indicated that 10% of southern right whales should live to be at least 131.8 years old, but for North Atlantic right whales the figure was just 47.2 years old.

Another 10 right whales were injured or maimed by ship strikes over that time frame, according to the agency. With about 370 North Atlantic right whales remaining, ship strikes are particularly ...

Cashew is a twenty-three year old North American Right Whale named for a mark on her head that looks a bit like a cashew nut. She’s had three known calves, and the oldest, a male, is still often ...

North American right whales are critically endangered species, with fewer than 370 remaining, according to an estimate from Jan. 1 of 2023, and fewer than 70 breeding females as of October 2024 ...

A North American right whale mom and calf were spotted off the coast of Amelia Island, Florida, on Dec. 9. Getty Images/iStockphoto Two rare North American right whales — a mom and baby — have ...

North Atlantic Right Whale #3720 and her calf. This still image is from a drone video taken by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources under NOAA Permit 20556.

Data from both southern right whales and North Atlantic right whales, a subspecies that live along the east coast of North America and is also endangered, was used.