Conservationists are getting better at monitoring the movement of the highly endangered right whale. They hope it will encourage ships to slow down in an effort to save the species.

New estimate for endangered right whale population in 2023 shows a slight increase, but scientists fear it could be temporary after a deadly 2024 Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ ...

A critically endangered right whale was found dead off Martha's Vineyard Sunday, the 37th dead right whale since 2017. Its tail was entangled in rope. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ ...

The North Atlantic right whale, which can weigh up to 150,000 pounds (68,039 kilograms) and lives off the East Coast, plummeted in population in the 2010s.

Right whales sometimes spotted off Gulf Coast of Florida. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, FWC, most right whale sightings occur along Florida's east coast, but are sometimes ...

A whale thought to be dead for three years has reappeared alive off the coast of Massachusetts. The animal, named Calvin, is a female North Atlantic right whale and was last seen with what is ...

SAPELO ISLAND, Ga. (WSAV) – The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) has reported the first Right Whale Calves of the 2024-2025 calving season.

A Virginia Beach police officer walks around a North Atlantic right whale that washed ashore in Virginia Beach between the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel and the Lesner Bridge, as seen on Feb. 13, 2023.

The North Atlantic right whale had an estimated 4 percent population jump between 2020 and 2023, the group of researchers said last week. This increase follows a steady species decline, ...

A group of researchers that studies the endangered right whale said Tuesday that the population increased to an estimated 372 in 2023. They call the new trend “heartening news” in a statement ...