An endangered North Atlantic right whale, swimming in the Gulf off the Fort Myers, Florida coast, was captured on video by ...

Bowhead whales — cousins of right whales — can also live incredibly long lives, with some surviving for two centuries. As evidence for this, researchers have found 19th century harpoon tips ...

New research published in Science Advances reveals that right whales can survive for more than 130 years—almost twice as long as previously understood. Extreme longevity is a trait common to the ...

In the summer of 2020, researchers from the University of Manitoba set up a time-lapse camera overlooking the Churchill River ...

Bowheads have the longest baleen (filter-feeding system) of any baleen whale, up to 13 feet long. They use their baleen to filter plankton from the water ...

‘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 ...

The whales that travel in groups and are more likely to fight a killer whale, include right, bowhead, grey and humpback, while those that travel solo and are more prone to flight include blue ...

The whales that travel in groups and are more likely to fight a killer whale, include right, bowhead, grey and humpback, while those that travel solo and are more prone to flight include blue ...