Scientists have found that a genetic mutation in the eyes of right whales that hampers their ability to see in bright light may make them more susceptible to fatal entanglements in fishing gear, one of the major causes of death for this critically endangered mammal. […]
A group a sightseers got closer than expected to an enormous fin whale during a recent whale-watching excursion. This delightful sighting took place on the St. Lawrence River in Québec, when the animal passed beneath the group’s inflatable boat. […]
The Florida Fish and Wildlife right whale researchers took a sequence of photos showing a right whale breaching on Jan. 31, approximately 14 nautical miles off Amelia Island, Florida.
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Right whale Catalog #1968, a 27-year-old female, was recently sighted in very poor condition. […]
It was an amazing site in southern Brevard County on Monday — a mother whale and its calf lingered at Sebastian Inlet for most of the day. […]
The giant mammal was first spotted on Friday February 13th dragging a red buoy attached to hundreds of feet of fishing line off the Big Island’s Kona Coast. […]
It’s calving season! Each year between Nov. 15 and April 15 North Atlantic right whales migrate from their feeding areas in New England and Canada to the warmer, coastal waters off Georgia and northeast Florida. Here they give birth and nurse their young. […]
