Koala and Curlew are unrelated and possibly pregnant females that have become traveling companions, which is unusual for right whales.

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

Southern right whales have lifespans that reach well ... extremely slowly and can go many years between births. Baleen whales’ life history – particularly the age when females start breeding ...

Whales are the biggest creatures on Earth. These animals are found in every ocean, but that doesn't make them fish.

Baleen whales, known scientifically as Mysticeti, are a fascinating group of marine mammals that have evolved unique feeding mechanisms and adaptations over millions of years. Their fossil record ...

BOSTON - About 75 North Atlantic right whales, representing about 20% of the critically endangered species' population worldwide, have gathered in an area off the coast of New England.

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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 ...

Stay 500 yards away, about the length of five football fields. This regulation applies to vessels, aircraft, drones and ...

By the early 1890s, commercial whalers had hunted the whales to the brink of extinction for their oil and baleen. They called them the "right" whales to hunt because they were slow and floated ...