NANTUCKET, Mass. – An entangled 19-year-old right whale appears to be in poor health because of a fishing buoy lodged in one corner of her mouth. Known as “Dragon,” the female whale was ...

PROVINCETOWN - Endangered North Atlantic right whales have been spotted off ... able to remove some of the gear from the 5-year-old whale's mouth on Thursday, but some of the gear remains.

The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) said one of those whales, a young male known as #5110, has fishing gear caught in his mouth ... approach a North Atlantic right whale within 500 yards without ...

Every right whale in the North Atlantic Right Whale Catalog has a number assigned to it, and many also have names that help scientists more easily recognize the whales when they see them during ...

North Atlantic Right Whale Day once again brings scientists ... They may drift slowly like a log, mouth agape, filtering plankton just beneath the water. "That's a pretty unique behavior because ...

gray and right whales transport more than 3,700 tons of nitrogen each year while migrating along what’s been dubbed the “great whale conveyor belt.” “Humpback whales and gray whales make ...

A North Atlantic right whale found dead off the coast of Virginia ... being spotted with severe propeller wounds to its head, mouth, and lip. “The delay of these protection measures has put ...

As dozens of North Atlantic right whales take to Cape Cod Bay, experts are working to save a young whale that has been dangerously entangled in fishing gear for months. After traveling south for ...

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 ...

In the waters off New England, one of Earth's rarest mammals swims slowly, mouth agape. The North Atlantic right whale filters clouds of tiny reddish zooplankton—called Calanus finmarchicus ...