There are around 380 North Atlantic right whales in existence. Scientists identify them by catalog numbers but some also have ...

The 2024 population estimate for the North Atlantic right whale, a critically endangered whale species, reached 384, a 2.1% ...

The right whale population increased to 384, up from 376 the year prior, according to estimates released by The North ...

New figures released this week by the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium show the population has increased slightly to an ...

Scientists have proven a mammal that was believed to be a whale subspecies is actually a new species entirely, and the new species is critically endangered. Researchers took a closer look at the ...

The slowly rising numbers come after a decade of population declines. But threats including entanglement in fishing gear, ...

New England Aquarium researchers recently documented what they say was a rare sighting of an endangered fin whale and its calf. Scientists on a July 24 aerial survey flew over the Northeast Canyons ...

The largest animal thought to ever live is swimming through the world’s oceans today. Blue whales can reach lengths of 100 feet, but one of their smaller relatives isn’t too far behind. Right whales, ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Long before whales were majestic, gentle giants, some of their prehistoric ancestors were tiny, weird and feral. A chance discovery of a 25 million-year-old fossil on an ...

The [deaths] that hit the hardest are animals like this young whale who never got the chance to contribute to their species.” ...

Fossils found in a riverbed in Japan were revealed as a large, ancient ancestor of right whales. Tanaka, et al (2025) Palaeontologia Electronica The largest animal thought to ever live is swimming ...