A recent study published in Geophysical Research Lettersreveals how shifts in water density in the subpolar North Atlantic ...

The North Atlantic Right Whale species is in a "crisis," NOAA says, with only a few hundred estimated individuals left in the world's oceans. "The species is approaching extinction with fewer than ...

Officials are warning that a North American species of whale is approaching extinction. North Atlantic right whales are an endangered species in "crisis," according to a fact sheet from the NOAA ...

North Atlantic right whales and speeding boats just don’t mix. When a boat strikes a North Atlantic right whale, it can cause traumatic injuries and even death. With only around 340 of these ...

Moby Dick made North Atlantic right whales famous—and put a target on their backs. Now, they’re careening toward extinction again, with just 365 individuals left. A North Atlantic right whale ...

On New Year's Eve, Florida wildlife officials announced two more endangered North Atlantic right whale calves have been sighted off the coast of the sunshine state, bringing the total to five for ...

There are only about 370 North Atlantic right whales left. Of those, an alarmingly small number are mothers. Squilla is one of them. A few years ago, she gave birth to a female who one day might ...