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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Right whales were hunted for oil, meat, and apparel materials — for corset stays, umbrella ribs, and buggy whips — until the early 20th century. Once abundant, the North Pacific right whale is now the ...

The age and sex of the individual recently seen near Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary have not been confirmed, but North Pacific right whales can grow up to 64 feet long and weigh up to 100 ...

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 ...

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 ...