Right whales are the rarest of all large whales. There are several species, but all are identified by enormous heads, which can measure up to one-third of their total body length. These whales ...

The Ocean City buoy operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and University of Maryland Center for Environmental ...

This article originally appeared on Treasure Coast Newspapers: North Atlantic right whale facts, Treasure Coast sightings map, federal regulations ...

One of the most unique about whales is that they're the largest animals to ever exist on Earth — even bigger than the largest ...

This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. When North Atlantic right whales migrate along North America’s eastern seaboard, they run a gantlet of fishing lines ...

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources Fisheries announced the extension of the right hale Slow Zone in Ocean City.

A pair of rare and critically endangered whales has journeyed past their usual course, appearing in the Gulf Coast where they ...

Lethal entanglement in lobster fishing gear is one of the biggest threats to the North Atlantic right whale, which numbers less than 380 and is in decline. The other major threat is collisions ...

Two right whales were spotted swimming in Treasure Coast waters last weekend. North Atlantic right whales Koala and Curlew were spotted off Vero Beach, Jensen Beach and Stuart from Jan. 10-12 as ...