Localized depletion of blue whales could occur if these threats are concentrated in areas containing populations with limited connectivity to animals in surrounding regions." "Thus, describing the ...

Once the attack is successful, killer whales will devour the carcass among them. Another serious threat to blue whales has been humans. In the ages preceding the rise of the whaling industry ...

Scientists may finally have an explanation for the longstanding mystery of why blue whale calves are rarely sighted, an advance that could help better conserve the critically endangered species.

An endangered North Atlantic right whale, swimming in the Gulf off the Fort Myers, Florida coast, was captured on video by ...

New findings suggest the evolution and behavior of at least some baleen whales has been significantly shaped by fear of orca attack.

A North Atlantic right whale was spotted with her new calf off Florida's east coast Feb. 23. The whales are among the most ...

Are North Atlantic right whales still hunted? Whaling is no longer a threat to North Atlantic right whales. They were whaled to the brink of extinction by the early 1890s, and hunting them was ...

Whaling is no longer a threat to North Atlantic right whales. They were whaled to the brink of extinction by the early 1890s, and hunting them was banned in 1935. Commercial whaling decimated the ...