Two North Atlantic right whales that are typically found off Cape Cod this time of year have been spotted swimming in the ...

Despite rescue efforts, experts say that the entanglement of the young North Atlantic right whale is "likely lethal." ...

Right whales are one of the most endangered species of whale on the planet. Now, scientists suggest they might have […] ...

A Cape Cod marine rescue team has been working to disentangle a North Atlantic right whale from a fishing gear entanglement ...

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 ...

Bowhead whales follow daily dive cycles and may coordinate across long distances. The calls show efficiency, possibly ...

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.

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 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 ...

Bowhead whales migrate from their usual overwintering spot in the Bering Sea, north through the Bering Strait, to summer feeding grounds in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas. Recently, they’ve begun ...

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 ...

Synchronised diving isn’t something only humans can do. Bowhead whales in the Arctic Ocean also sync up their dives – and they’re able to do so while dozens of kilometres apart from each ...