Right whales are the rarest of all large whales. There are several species, but all are identified by enormous heads, which can measure up to one-third of their total body length. These whales ...

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Where Have All the Right Whales Gone? Apr. 12, 2024 — Marine researchers have mapped the density of one of the most endangered large whale species worldwide, the North Atlantic right whale ...

“Way back in the day, we hunted all kinds of whales almost to extinction. In places like Greenland and Alaska, whale meat and ...

Smaller pygmy sperm whales live in the ocean around South Carolina all year round, but other species pass through the Myrtle ...

Bowhead whales are the longest-lived mammals on Earth with some able to live hundreds of years. What's more, Inuit hunters ...

The North Atlantic right whale population faces extinction, with only 372 individuals remaining, urgent action is needed.

The population of endangered North Atlantic right whales has edged up slightly even after at least nine deaths in 2024, ...

Since Southern Ocean sperm whales represent only 3 percent of all sperm whales globally, the species may significantly contribute to iron fertilization and carbon drawdown. When whales die, their ...

“Whether belugas in the Hudson Bay are suffering from these ecosystem changes is not clear at all,” Richard said. Beluga whales, unlike polar bears, as a species aren’t on an endangered or ...

The population of endangered North Atlantic right whales has ... is heartening to all Georgians who care so deeply about our state marine mammal. But this is still a species in peril." ...