There are few enough North Atlantic right whales alive—about 450—that scientists track all of them individually. Lysiak’s whale was called 2301. She was born in 1993 and gave birth in 2002.

New research published in Science Advances reveals that right whales can survive for more than 130 years—almost twice as long ...

Right whales are baleen whales belonging to the family Balaenidae. Three right whale species are recognized in the genus Eubalaena, while the Bowhead Whale-also a right whale-is placed in its own ...

The pygmy right whale is an enigma in the whale world. Not only is it the smallest of the characteristically large filter-feeding baleen whales, but it's also rarely sighted and seldom studied ...

Whales are extraordinary creatures – not only are some the largest animals to have ever inhabited the planet, but others are also exceptionally long-lived. Now, new research has discovered that right ...

By comparing the δ 15 N and δ 13 C values measured in baleen to those published for a range of possible prey, Dedden et al. could deduce which species are on the menu of pygmy right whales. Not ...

Pygmy right whales swim in the same waters all year round – a behaviour rarely seen in baleen whales, which typically migrate thousands of kilometres to look for food and mates.

Article Title. Stable isotope oscillations in whale baleen are linked to climate cycles, which may reflect changes in feeding for humpback and southern right whales in the Southern Hemisphere.

A spiritual encounter with right whales I was very happy to see the Dec. 13th editorial “Saving right whales may require state fishermen to make sacrifices.” North Atlantic right whales… ...

North Pacific right whales are baleen whales, which feed by straining huge volumes of ocean water through their comb-like baleen plates that trap copepods and other zooplankton.

You might not consider Florida a hot spot whale watching; however, you can see right whales during winter. ... North Atlantic right whales are one of the three species of large baleen whales.