Scientists from NOAA Fisheries have identified a new species of baleen whale in the Gulf of Mexico. The new species, previously thought to be a subspecies of the Bryde’s whale, has been named Rice’s ...

a recently discovered type of baleen whale that lives in the Gulf of Mexico. "Continued oil and gas development in the Gulf represents a clear, existential threat to the whale's survival and ...

Whatever its outcome − disastrous or delightful − no animal's Endangered Species Act story looks hopeful at the outset, and the saga of the Rice's whale, which has only now begun to unfold ...

Garret Graves (R-La.) that could prohibit vital Endangered Species Act protections for critically endangered Gulf of Mexico Rice’s whales. There are about 50 of the whales left in the entire world.

WASHINGTON— A coalition of groups filed a petition today with the National Marine Fisheries Service to establish a year-round mandatory 10-knot speed limit and other vessel-related regulations within ...

Killer whales off Canada's Atlantic coast continue to be contaminated with dangerously high levels of toxic chemicals that ...

These whales' massive heads and jaws accommodate hundreds of baleen “teeth.” Rights and other baleen-feeding whales use a comblike strainer of baleen plates and bristles to ensnare tiny ...

A federal court in Maryland vacated a 2020 biological opinion issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service about how fossil fuel extraction in the Gulf of Mexico is impacting protected species, ...

Scientists have worked out how some of the largest whales in the ocean produce their haunting and complex songs. Humpbacks and other baleen whales have evolved a specialised "voice box" that ...

The exodus of sperm whales from Mexico’s Gulf of California in response to jumbo squid population declines may be indicative of broader ecosystem instability, a new study has found. As apex ...

The Southern Ocean encircling Antarctica is the world’s largest feeding ground for baleen whales – species like humpbacks that filter tiny organisms from seawater for food. In the 20th century ...