Right whales are one of the most endangered species of whale on the planet. Now, scientists suggest they might have lifespans that are nearly double what was previously estimated. New research has ...

Southern right whales can live over 100 years ... scientists working with indigenous whale hunters in the Arctic discovered that bowhead whales can live up to 200 years, or even exceed that ...

Endangered North Atlantic right whales returned north from Georgia and Florida with only 11 confirmed new calves, the fewest since 2020, according to estimates.

As dozens of North Atlantic right whales take to Cape Cod Bay, experts are working to save a young whale that has been dangerously entangled in fishing gear for months. After traveling south for ...

After a 3-month long girls trip along Florida’s Gulf Coast, a wayward pair of endangered North Atlantic right whales known as Curlew and Koala have finally wandered back to the Atlantic Ocean.

‘The bowhead and the right whale both had oily areas that were super sticky and we felt like it was going to keep attracting dust and actually cause a potential issue for the specimens.’ ‘We made a ...

right, sperm, humpback, bowhead and gray whales. The results of this project have been used by both scientists and historians studying the status of whales throughout the world, and by others ...

starting with right whales, Basque efforts expanded north, influencing other nations in northern Europe and eventually North America to begin their own whaling operations. Great Britain started ...

No dorsal fin. V-shaped blow. Almost extinct. Right Whale Day brings a rare species into focus — before it’s too late.

Bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) weigh on average 100,000 kg, about the size of Boeing 757. That’s roughly 17,000 times larger than the rougheyed rockfish and 250,000 times larger than the red sea ...

Yugu Alfred Ningeok is the son of a whaling captain and a member of an Inupiat whaling crew. An umiak, or skin boat, carries a small team in pursuit of a whale. Hear more about camping on sea ice ...

Hess focuses on the hunt for the bowhead whale. He shows us how it feels to stand in an open boat bobbing on a frozen sea, waiting to take a harpoon-gun shot at a creature the size of an 18-wheeler.