Cape Cod’s waters now host two high-tech buoys that listen for endangered right whales. How does this help protect these giants in real time?

A crew of 25 people performed a necropsy on the animal Monday, after it had been euthanized, to probe deeper into why it ...

A wounded whale thought to have died nearly three years ago has suddenly reappeared off Massachusetts, proving mystery still surrounds one of the world’s most endangered sea creatures.

Australia's population of southern right whales has experienced substantial growth since the late 1970s when they began to ...

Giffin said the second change is a shorter closure of an area when one right whale is detected, of seven days rather than 15. That can be extended for another seven days if another whale is sighted.

FWC has a hotline to report right whale sightings, which can also be used to report humpback sightings. That numbers is 1-877-942-5343, or 1-877-WHALE-HELP. Endangered smalltooth sawfish rescued ...

For several years, scientists have warned entanglements in fishing gear and boat strikes are the most common causes of premature right whale deaths, but they could not prove any of the ...

A 44-year-old right whale, known as Grand Teton, mothered another calf this season, at least her ninth calf overall. Grand Teton is one of an estimated 70 reproductive females remaining in the ...

The planned necropsy, or animal autopsy, will seek to find the potential cause of death of the whale. The dead whale in Alameda is the fifth in the Bay Area to be investigated by The Marine Mammal ...

A previously undetected North Atlantic right whale calf and its mother were sighted in Cape Cod Bay on April 17. The Center for Coastal Studies based out of Provincetown was conducting an aerial ...

In a rare and unexpected discovery, researchers from Provincetown on April 17 were the first to spot a previously unknown North Atlantic right whale calf in Cape Cod Bay, bringing the total count ...

Researchers with the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) documented something they don’t normally see in Cape Cod Bay on Thursday: a North Atlantic right whale calf that hasn’t been spotted before.