If you think of killer whales as one species — a big pie — then killing ... probably be categorized on the conservation union's Red List as threatened or endangered, possibly even critically ...

the North Atlantic right whale is one of the world’s most endangered large whale species, with only about 360 of them remaining. Of those 360, there are fewer than 70 “reproductively active ...

Japan currently allows the sale of three whale species – Bryde’s, minke and sei. They were added to the catch list in 2019 ...

Right whales are declining so quickly that they may be functionally extinct by 2040 if more isn’t done to save them. In its 2020 update of its "Red List of Threatened Species," the International Union ...

In 1994, the ENP gray whale was removed from the Endangered Species Act (ESA) list of threatened and endangered species. The ENP gray whale, like all marine mammals, remains protected under the Marine ...

The aquarium says federal authorities proposed expanding seasonal speed restrictions years ago to protect the whales, but "the untenable delay has put this endangered species at continued risk of ...

Whale sharks can grow to 18m in length, but most that visit Ningaloo are juvenile males in the 3–7m range. Still, a creature ...

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture—Japan’s new whaling mothership departed on its first expedition as the country plans to expand its commercial hunts. The Kangei Maru, the successor to the ...

BOSTON - Scientists are concerned after seeing nearly a quarter of the world's population of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales in an unusual and potentially dangerous spot for them.

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While the death of this marine animal is tragic, Barron said the pygmy whale is a very hard species for researchers to study in the ocean and very little is known about them. By studying the whale ...