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 ...

In the waters off New England, one of Earth's rarest mammals swims slowly, mouth agape. The North Atlantic right whale ...

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.

The Guam Police Department is waiting for a medical examiner’s report for the decomposed body found in Anigua on April 4, spokesperson Officer Berlyn Savella said on Saturday. She said the ...

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

A team examined the whale on the beach. The death comes amid a severe domoic acid outbreak. A young humpback whale recently washed up on a Ventura beach, one of several found dead during a severe ...

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 problematic ...

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 ...