Richard Robinson. Images taken under permit from the New Zealand Department of Conservation. 'The southern right whale has become a sentinel for the effects of climate change. The health of these ...

Right whales were named by whalers who identified them as the “right” whale to kill on a hunt. These leviathans had enormous value for their plentiful oil and baleen, which were used 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 ...

Getty Images/iStockphoto Researchers spotted a North Atlantic right whale mother and her calf off the coast of Massachusetts, marking the first regional calf sighting of the season. “The first ...

Girardeau was among photographers capturing footage of the whale on Sunday and allowed the use of his images for this post. While trained rescuers would love to free the whale, they might not get ...