He’s been obsessed with whales since he was a kid, but he had never heard of the species before 2013, when the second North Pacific right to be seen in 60 years was spotted near Vancouver Island.

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.

Scientists spotted a very rare North Pacific Right Whale at Cordell Bank, a shallow granite outcrop about 3 miles off the Point Reyes National Seashore coast on Friday May 24, 2024.

It is the first and only North Pacific right whale to have been matched to both a high and low latitude area, according to Crance. Notchy was photographed in April of 1996 in Hawaii and, four ...

An eastern North Pacific right whale, the world’s most endangered great whale, spotted in the southeastern Bering Sea in 2004. (Photo by John Durban/NOAA Fisheries) Federal researchers in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Critically endangered North Pacific right whales have been spotted in the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska in winter for the first time. The sighting was recorded by fisherman Josh Trosvig, who ...

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 ...

Scientists searching for what is likely the world's most endangered whale came up empty-handed this summer during a one-month tour of an area in the Bering Sea where Pacific right whales like to ...