Conservation groups are concerned that the endangered right whale is vulnerable to extinction as the Trump administration ...

This was shortly after a baby right whale was found dead off the coast of New Jersey, with propeller wounds across its head, chest and tail. North Atlantic right whales are greatly threatened by ...

Two endangered North Atlantic right whales have been spotted off ... But now, the survey team said a thick rope was located over the whale’s head and back, which could cause its eventual death.

This is a really big problem." This photo provided by NOAA Fisheries last month shows a North Atlantic right whale documented with line wrapped around the head and the body. (NOAA Fisheries/The ...

Right whales do not have a dorsal fin and instead have a "large, flat back." They're dark gray or black and have "bumps" called callosities on their head, according to FWC. "The callosities ...

Right whale No. 5132 was spotted last Monday, Dec. 16, about 60 miles east of North Carolina’s Outer Banks with several fishing lines wrapped around its head and mouth, the National Oceanic and ...

Scientists had believed Southern right whales have a lifespan of about 70 years, but a new study shows that endangered mammals can live twice as long as they had thought. The study found these ...

Dozens of North Atlantic right whales — more than 15% of the estimated ... said Orla O’Brien, head of the aerial survey program. “Our best estimate is that between the two survey days ...

The 3-year-old male, identified as right whale #5132, had several lines wrapped around his head and mouth, with a pair of buoys attached. An aerial survey team from the Clearwater Marine Aquarium ...

Encounter Whales — Southern Right Whale Conservation and Protection ... the classify pattern on their head,” Professor Salgado Kent said. She hopes the program will help improve ...

It had several fishing lines wrapped around his head and mouth, NOAA said. Since being untangled, the whale “has not yet been seen again,” said Melanie White, North Atlantic Right Whale ...

Wondering what those huge, dark blobs in the ocean are this winter? If you guessed a whale, you're right! North Atlantic right whales have been making their annual trek to Florida since late November, ...