BOSTON - About 75 North Atlantic right whales, representing about 20% of the critically endangered species' population ...

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

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

Biologists from the New England Aquarium say 20 percent of all the right whales in the world are together, right now, off the ...

Scientists had believed Southern right whales have a lifespan of about 70 years, but a new study shows that endangered mammals can live twice as long as they had thought. The study found these ...

NOAA Fisheries on Wednesday announced it is tabling a proposal to strengthen protections for critically endangered North Atlantic right whales against vessel strikes. For researchers at the New ...

The move in the waning days of the Biden administration will leave the endangered North Atlantic right whale vulnerable to extinction as the Trump administration is signaling a shift from ...

A stricter speed limit isn’t coming to the waters of the North Atlantic right whale calving grounds off the Georgia coast after all. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

The new rules are being considered to create more robust protections for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale. The Steamship Authority and other ferry lines have objected to the ...

Wondering what those huge, dark blobs in the ocean are this winter? If you guessed a whale, you're right! North Atlantic right whales have been making their annual trek to Florida since late November, ...

Wondering what those huge, dark blobs in the ocean are this winter? If you guessed a whale, you're right! North Atlantic right whales have been making their annual trek to Florida since late ...