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

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

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 ...

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 ...

As dozens of North Atlantic right whales continue to group near Jeffreys Ledge, officials have urged fishermen to remove some ...

Two right whales were spotted swimming in Treasure Coast waters last weekend. North Atlantic right whales Koala and Curlew were spotted off Vero Beach, Jensen Beach and Stuart from Jan. 10-12 as ...

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 ...

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 ...