By Edward Carver Groundbreaking research in the late 1990s showed that Arctic-dwelling bowhead whales could live more than ...

The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is found in the icy waters of the Arctic. These are the longest-living mammals; some ...

Whales have long fascinated scientists and the public alike, with their immense size and graceful movements. Recent studies ...

Scientists had believed Southern right whales have a lifespan of about 70 years, but a new study shows that endangered ...

Reporters take you everywhere from a whale hunt in Utqiaġvik to the docks in King Cove to a kitchen in Kotzebue.

Killer whales are expanding their territory and have moved into Arctic waters as climate change melts sea ice, with two ...

Right whales can live over 130 years, but North Atlantic right whales average only 22 years due to human threats. The study ...

This new revelation gives new light to the biology of this endangered species, which has the potential for recovery from the heavy hunting ... of southern right whales and bowhead whales The ...

A new study has revealed that right whales can live for more than 130 years, nearly double the previous estimates of their ...

Like their bowhead cousins, right whales are filter feeders equipped with baleen, and they migrate seasonally, primarily for calving. Historically, they were dubbed the “right” whales to hunt ...