Whales are mighty. Blue whales, for example, aren’t only the largest animal on Earth, but as far as we know, they’re the ...

Observers on a plane spotted 33 North Atlantic right whales on Saturday, the most ever for a single day in January.

Learn about the different ideas that came together in Massachusetts to make the right whale the "right" whale to represent the state.

The fossil record of baleen whales (Mysticeti) offers a window into one of the most dramatic evolutionary transitions among mammals. Early cetaceans evolved from terrestrial artiodactyl ancestors into ...

There are only 370 right whales left. If human activity doesn't change, the population may not be large enough to continue to reproduce by 2035.