An undersea wonderland some 80 miles off the New England coast that bursts with a biodiversity so bountiful that it’s dubbed ...

North Atlantic populations were extinct on the European coast before 500 AD, and on the American coast around the late 17th to early 18th centuries. Yet there have been recent sightings of whales ...

Capt. Bobby Kelly of Gulf Shores Fishing Charter got to witness something spectacular recently as he headed out into the waters off Perdido Key near Orange Beach, Alabama. “Once we got close ...

The whales are North Atlantic right whales, a species that has garnered attention in recent years for its struggle to rebound to healthy population numbers. There are only around 370 of these ...

North Atlantic Right Whale Eubalaena Glacialis <500 individuals Entanglement in fishing ... ship strikes Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus 1000-2000 individuals Habitat loss, ship strikes Western Gray ...

If recent reports of a North Atlantic right whale calf and its mother spotted in a busy shipping lane between New Jersey and New York are any indication that more are to come, an artificial ...

Some local fishing charter captains got a whale-sized surprise yesterday when two North Atlantic Right Whales made their way along the Gulf Coast. The rare sighting is making a major splash on ...

The presence of a newborn calf this far north is highly uncommon. An endangered North Atlantic right whale and her calf were spotted off the coast of New York City last week on February 3.

This helps them filter krill and other animals from the water There are 14 baleen whale species, including blue whales, fin whales, humpback whales, gray whales, and North Atlantic right whales. In ...

Travelers with a passion for wildlife can enjoy whale watching all over the world at all times of the year but some seasons stand out. From warm weather locales like Los Cabos and Turks and Caicos in ...

North Atlantic right whales have been listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act since 1970. There are approximately 370 individuals remaining, including about 70 reproductively active ...

CBS News New York's Vanessa Murdock shares more on what the new addition means for the critically endangered species.