The population of the North Atlantic right whale is slowly climbing. What's behind the rise in numbers and what more can be ...

Among all of Earth's massive marine ecosystem, the one creature that elicits both awe and fear is the whale. While there are as many as 90 whale species across the world's oceans, biologists and ...

There are only 370 right whales left. If human activity doesn't change, the population may not be large enough to continue to ...

Australia's population of southern right whales has experienced substantial growth since the late 1970s when they began to recover from whaling, but a new study reveals troubling signs in their ...

The fossil record of baleen whales (Mysticeti) offers a window into one of the most dramatic evolutionary transitions among mammals. Early cetaceans evolved from terrestrial artiodactyl ancestors into ...

One of the world’s largest mammals, the humpback whale is an incredible species for many reasons. They may even be the ocean’s protectors. Researchers have witnessed humpback whales intervening during ...