Once abundant, the North Pacific right whale is now the most endangered whale in the world. The Center has been leading an international fight to protect critical habitat for the North Pacific right ...

A whale of a tale, indeed. On May 24, scientists were shocked and excited to spot a North Pacific right whale — one of the rarest whale species in the world — off the coast of Marin County ...

Mating rituals and gestation times are believed to be similar to those of North Pacific right whales, with the whales nuzzling and caressing one another during courtship and an average gestation time ...

The Southern right whale can be found throughout the southern hemisphere, and several thousand are thought to remain. But the North Pacific right whale is even rarer than its North Atlantic relative.

A rare sighting of an endangered North Atlantic right whale was filmed off the coast of Fort Myers, Florida. Anyone who spots a right whale is encouraged to report the sighting to the Coast Guard ...

‘"Something will change now,” 12 year old Anna’s grandmother Matrona tells her in the opening pages of Naomi Klouda’s debut novel “Anna’s Whale.” A North Pacific right whale has ...

In Baja California, once-in-a-lifetime encounters between humans and larger-than-life gray whales are more common than you might think!

The cause of death is still unknown, but NOAA plans to conduct a necropsy on the deceased North Atlantic right whale Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...