In a rare sighting recently, the endangered North Pacific right whale was spotted off the coast of California by a marine wildlife team near Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary.

One of world’s rarest whales sighted off Point Reyes coast About 30 North Pacific Right Whales still survive in U.S. waters. On Friday, Bay Area scientists saw one of them.

A North Pacific right whale, believed to be one of only 32 surviving individuals of the critically endangered species, was spotted, tracked and photographed by a Monterey Bay Whale Watch vessel.

Rare right whale spotted in Monterey Bay 02:48. MONTEREY -- A rare North Pacific right whale was spotted in Monterey Bay over the weekend. "It is a bigger thing than finding a needle in a haystack ...

There are likely fewer than 500 North Pacific right whales remaining, and most sightings have been of single whales.The photographs of this whale spotted in the Monterey Bay were taken by Dane ...

Researcher Dana Wright is one of a handful of scientists studying one of the world’s rarest creatures, the North Pacific right whale. With about 500 individuals remaining, and its eastern ...

A very rare North Pacific right whale swims in the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary off the coast of the Point Reyes National Seashore on Friday May 24, 2024.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska— NOAA Fisheries announced today that it intends to expand critical habitat protections in Alaska for the North Pacific right whale. If finalized, the action will help protect the ...

The announcement follows a 2022 petition from the Center for Biological Diversity and Save the North Pacific Right Whale seeking to revise and expand the whales’ eastern population’s critical habitat ...

North Pacific right whales were favored by hunters because they swim slowly near shore, and float after death. By the late 1800s, as many as 40,000 North Pacific right whales had been slaughtered.

The Southern right whale has a median lifespan of 73.4 years, and 10% live beyond 131.8 years. The North Atlantic right whale has a median lifespan of only 22.3 years because of human impacts, and ...