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 ...

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 ...

The North Atlantic right whale is one of the world’s most endangered whales. Once common along the eastern U.S. seaboard, the whale was hunted to near-extinction by the 1750s. While no longer pursued ...

On March 27, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and New England Aquarium filmed a North Atlantic right whale known as Spindle in the waters of Cape Cody Bay. The female whale wasn't alone ...

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.

The North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) is a baleen whale species that inhabits waters off the East Coast of the United States and Canada. During the summer, these whales migrate north to ...

Conservation groups are working hard to protect what is left of the North Atlantic right whale population, and the U.S.

From mid-November through mid-April, survey teams researching the current North Atlantic right whale population take to the sky to search the waters below for mother and calf pairs. They spotted ...

Researchers have reported the first sighting of a North Atlantic right whale calf in Massachusetts waters so far this year. North Atlantic right whales are critically endangered, and there are ...

For the first time in 2025, a North Atlantic right whale mother and calf have been sighted in Cape Cod Bay. Right whale mother nicknamed "Nauset" #2413 was seen with her calf on March 11 during an ...