Because of the whales' precarious position, every death is especially tragic. Officials take bold action to prevent tragic ...

The Canadian government says it is taking steps this summer to protect a vanishing species of whale from lethal collisions ...

Researchers from the University of New Brunswick and Dalhousie University had a hand in a new Apple TV+ documentary series ...

University of New Brunswick researchers had a hand in a new documentary series The Wild Ones that shows endangered North ...

The right whales are dying at an alarming rate, from ship strikes and entanglement in lobster and fishing gear. NOAA’s fisheries division found that, to avoid extinction, ...

Scientists have found that, even though right whales are protected from direct catch, they are significantly shorter compared to 40 years ago due in part to commercial fishing, according to a new ...

Right whales are sometimes called urban whales because they hang out in industrial waters where large vessels roam, particularly off Jacksonville, Fla., and Brunswick, Ga.

With pregnant North Atlantic right whales weeks away from their winter migration southward to give birth, biologists who track the endangered marine mammals say 2024 has been a roller-coaster ride.

The first baby North Atlantic right whale of the year has been found dead from a ship collision. Environmental groups demand protections for the whales, of which fewer than 360 remain.

The calf is the 14th right whale since 2008 to be struck by a vessel in U.S. waters with an injury that led either to a death or an injury from which the animal was not likely to survive ...

Scientists from NOAA Fisheries Service approach a young North Atlantic right whale in order to disentangle it. New research shows whales with severe entanglements in rope and fishing gear are ...