The New England Aquarium has documented more than a quarter of the Atlantic Ocean's right whale population in just the last ...

Southern right whales—once driven to near-extinction by industrial hunting in the 19th and 20th centuries—have long been regarded as a conservation success. After the International Whaling Commission ...

Most people are lucky to simply get a glimpse of some fragment of a whale. A subtle puff of mist over the horizon, the curve of a dark smooth back sliding beneath the surface, or for the fortunate, ...

The ocean waters off southern New England continue to see high North Atlantic right whale activity, with the New England Aquarium documenting over a quarter of the population in the last six weeks.

When paddleboarding in the ocean, you never know what kind of animals you’ll encounter. But we’re guessing that getting a little push from a Southern right whale is likely not something you expect.

For decades, southern right whales have been celebrated as one of conservation’s success stories. Once driven to the brink of extinction by commercial whaling, southern right whales slowly returned to ...

A new 33-year study finds that southern right whales off Australia are having calves less often, with the average time between births rising from 3.4 to 4.1 years since 2015, a trend researchers link ...