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

Entanglement is the leading cause of deaths or injury for North Atlantic Right Whales. Since the unusual mortality event was declared there have been 10 whales killed from entanglement ...

Koala and Curlew, a pair of female North Atlantic right whales, are a long way from their usual course, and potentially in greater danger. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Another 10 right whales were injured or maimed by ship strikes over that time frame, according to the agency. With about 370 North Atlantic right whales remaining, ship strikes are particularly ...

Using underwater microphones and machine learning (ML), researchers have developed a new method to estimate North Atlantic right whale numbers -- offering a potentially safer and more cost-effective ...

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 ...

Kerr says humpback whales don't even want to try, especially considering doing so could lead to a potentially life-threatening jaw injury. "They have no interest in eating us, hurting us," he adds.

Humans are the main killers of right whales. Earlier this month, two whales were seen tangled up in fishing gear southeast of Nantucket. Biologists said one is likely to die from the injuries.

A mother whale and her calif were spotted close to the busy shipping lanes at the entrance to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. There are only about 370 right whales left, including ...

"In order to survive, the North Atlantic right whale must migrate annually up ... which is a leading cause of death and injury to the animals. The rule also would have expanded the number ...