SEATTLE – She is the mother orca who captured the world’s attention by carrying her dead calf for 17 days and 1,000 miles.

Dive into adventure with Delilah, a life-sized inflatable North Atlantic right whale, at the South Shore YMCA Nature Center.

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

Although southern right whales have always been thought to reach impressive ages, scientists originally estimated their ...

Although southern right whales were always considered animals that reach an impressive age, scientists previously estimated ...

Researchers with the University of Alaska Fairbanks say North Atlantic right whales and southern right whales can live nearly ...

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

Bowhead whales — cousins of right whales — can also live incredibly long lives, with some surviving for two centuries. As ...

The endangered right whales' median age at death is about 22. Southern right whales, a closely related species, generally ...

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 ...