There are several distinct traits that make mammals different from other animals, with the most significant ones being that ...

A North Atlantic right whale mother and newborn calf pair has shown up in an unusual location for right whales in February, off the coast of New York. A right whale nicknamed "Accordion" was seen ...

There is excitement and concern for North Atlantic right whale mother and calf spotted in busy shipping lanes.

The North Atlantic right whale pair was seen by boaters, beach-goers and high-rise residents from Vero Beach to Stuart on Saturday, Jan. 11, and Sunday, Jan. 12, according to witnesses ...

Deep in the Pacific, humans have tracked a mysterious whale’s call for decades—but no other whale seems to respond. And now, we might be running out of time to find the source.

Whale song can be as efficient as – and, in some cases, more efficient than – human communication, according to a new study in Science Advances. Meanwhile, new unrelated research in Science further ...

Lethal entanglement in lobster fishing gear is one of the biggest threats to the North Atlantic right whale, which numbers less than 380 and is in decline. The other major threat is collisions ...

The location of the sighting is also very unusual - North Atlantic right whales typically occupy waters in the Atlantic Ocean, often off the East Coast of the United States and Canada. As soon as ...

A mother whale and her calif were spotted close to the busy shipping lanes at the entrance to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. There are only about 370 right whales left, including ...

The whales are North Atlantic right whales, a species that has garnered attention in recent years for its struggle to rebound to healthy population numbers. There are only around 370 of these ...