Southern right whales have shown some encouraging population growth since their protection. Northern right whales are the most at-risk of all large whales.

In its 2020 update of its "Red List of Threatened Species," the International Union for Conservation of Nature declared North Atlantic right whales “critically endangered,” the most serious category ...

Whales are not only the biggest animals ... Right whales are filter-feeding baleen whales that were hunted almost to extinction during the height of the whaling industry. As such, some of the most ...

A group of scientists saw over 75 North Atlantic right whales gathered in the Gulf of Maine. Here's what we know.

One of the rarest species of whale in the world has ... to do more to bring the giant animals back from the brink of ...

The whales were seen “in all directions: at the surface, swimming, and diving,” said Kate Laemmle, associate research ...

Among the most dangerous efforts to dismantle future right whale protections is the disingenuously named Protecting Whales, Human Safety and the Economy Act, introduced last year by U.S. Sen.

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.

In its 2020 update of its "Red List of Threatened Species," the International Union for Conservation of Nature declared North Atlantic right whales “critically endangered,” the most serious category ...