The Canadian government says it is taking steps this summer to protect a vanishing species of whale from lethal collisions ...

“North Atlantic right whales continue to be entangled at levels that could push this critically endangered species to extinction. It is distressing that multiple generations of right whales have ...

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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON— Conservation groups have filed a motion to intervene as defendants on behalf of NOAA Fisheries in a case challenging the agency’s 2008 vessel speed rule protecting North Atlantic right ...

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 ...

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.

New research reveals that right whales can survive for more than 130 years -- almost twice as long as previously understood. ... found along the Atlantic coast of North America.