Rights and other baleen-feeding whales use a comblike strainer of baleen plates and bristles to ensnare tiny morsels of food as they swim. Right whales feed on zooplankton and other tiny organisms ...

Unfortunately, right whales and other large animals of the sea are dying at man’s hand to the point of extinction.   This is ...

Like bowheads, right whales filter feed through baleen and migrate seasonally to give birth. Whalers considered them the ...

The North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) is a baleen whale species that inhabits waters off the East Coast of the United States and Canada. During the summer, these whales migrate north to ...

A new study out of the University of Vermont quantifies just how much migrating female whales do to sustain ocean ecosystems.

Vessel strikes have killed three North Atlantic right whales this year. Scientists are asking boaters to protect the endangered species.

A humpback whale carcass was found floating along the Salter Path/Indian Beach area on Friday, Mar. 28, 2025. It was found by ...

In 2014, scientists first heard a unique sound coming from the waters around the Mariana Trench. Experts weren't sure what it was, but now a team of researchers led by Oregon State University have ...