The endangered whales are North Atlantic right whales, which number fewer than 400 and are vulnerable to ship collisions and ...

The current population of the North Atlantic right whale stands at less than 400 as the species has grown increasingly ...

Three critically endangered North Atlantic right whales have been spotted entangled in fishing gear off the United States’ eastern seaboard this month, a number that researchers say is "devastating ...

In a new study, researchers use novel techniques to uncover more accurate life expectancy estimates of southern and North ...

A third endangered North Atlantic right whale has been reported entangled in fishing gear within one week, this time off the coast of North Carolina. Two of the whales are so seriously injured they ...

A humpback whale that had been thrilling boaters off Newport Beach, Ca., for several days breached for a prolonged period Sunday, revealing that the mammal is hardly free and thriving.

A humpback whale carcass washed up on a Plymouth beach on Tuesday morning, environmental experts said. Plymouth-based group Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) said they received reports of a ...

The University of North Carolina has announced that Belichick has accepted the head-coaching job with the Tar Heels. "I am excited for the opportunity at UNC-Chapel Hill," Belichick said in a ...

And when we saw the video, we got excited. SOMMER: It showed them hunting a whale shark. (SOUNDBITE OF WHALE SHARK BREATHING) SOMMER: Whale sharks are the largest fish species on the planet ...

A surfer has been found dead off Raglan on the west coast of the North Island ... emergency services were called to Whale Bay near Raglan, after a surfer was reported to be in need of medical ...

Orcas in Mexico's Gulf of California are hunting whale sharks using a highly specialized set of strategies to attack them. Generally, whale sharks have few predators to worry about, being the ...