"They've been hanging on by their flipper-tips for tens of decades." Experts baffled by unprecedented behavior of critically ...

North Atlantic right whale is "likely to die" after becoming entangled, NOAA says 01:30. The world's most endangered large whale species is even closer to extinction than researchers previously ...

The whales — up to 60,000 pounds each — are considered among the most endangered whales in the world, and scientists say humans have put them "on the edge of extinction." ...

The whales have been listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act more than 50 years but have been slow to recover. The population was even lower in 1990, when it was 264, Pettis said.

Commentary Protecting Endangered Species: Plight of Right Whale Puts Spotlight on Issue Pollution, habitat destruction and the effects of climate change on ecosystems pose grave threats to species ...

The Canadian government says it is taking steps this summer to protect North Atlantic right whales from lethal collisions ...

An endangered humpback whale was recently spotted showing severe injuries from an apparent collision with a boat near Glacier ...

The Endangered Species Act, which was implemented in 1973, has saved many whale species. Survival of the right whale is a testament to the act's importance.

According to the NOAA release, the whale's incredibly different evolutionary trajectory could explained by what they eat. "Southern Residents are listed as endangered in part because of the ...

While whales aren’t an entirely uncommon occurrence at Delaware beaches, the North Atlantic right whale is one of the world’s most endangered large whale species, with only about 360 of them ...

The Bryde's whale, including the Gulf of Mexico population, had received protection under the Endangered Species Act in 2019, according to Smithsonian Magazine, and Rice’s whales assumed that ...